Job 31:8

then let me sow, and let another eat.Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

In Context

7if my step has turned out of the way,if my heart walked after my eyes,if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

9"If my heart has been enticed to a woman,and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:30You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:38You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

Joshua 22:22"The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against the Lord (do not save us this day),

Job 5:4His children are far from safety.They are crushed in the gate.Neither is there any to deliver them,

Job 18:19He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people,nor any remaining where he sojourned.

Job 24:6They cut their provender in the field.They glean the vineyard of the wicked.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9

Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →

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