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Job 31

Job 31:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then let me sow
zara` (Hebrew #2232)
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
KJV usage: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Pronounce: zaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and let another
'acher (Hebrew #312)
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
KJV usage: (an-)other man, following, next, strange.
Pronounce: akh-air'
Origin: from 309
eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
; yea, let my offspring
tse'etsa' (Hebrew #6631)
issue, i.e. produce, children
KJV usage: that which cometh forth (out), offspring.
Pronounce: tseh-ets-aw'
Origin: from 3318
be rooted out
sharash (Hebrew #8327)
to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
KJV usage: (take, cause to take) root (out).
Pronounce: shaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Job 5:5• 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. (Job 5:5)
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Job 24:6• 6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. (Job 24:6)
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Lev. 26:16• 16I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. (Lev. 26:16)
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Deut. 28:30‑33,38,51• 30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
 31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
 32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
 33The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
 38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
 51And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. (Deut. 28:30‑33,38,51)
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Judg. 6:3‑6• 3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
 4And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
 5For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
 6And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord. (Judg. 6:3‑6)
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Mic. 6:15• 15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. (Mic. 6:15)
let my.
Job 5:4• 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. (Job 5:4)
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Job 15:30• 30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. (Job 15:30)
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Job 18:19• 19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. (Job 18:19)
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Psa. 109:13• 13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. (Psa. 109:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let me sow, and another eat; and let mine offspring be rooted out.