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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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Sower; Sowing

Cross References

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Job 5:5• 5Whose harvest the hungry one devoureth,{HR}And taketh it off even out of a thorn-hedge,{HR}And the thirsty swalloweth up their wealth. (Job 5:5)
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Job 24:6• 6In the field they reap his cattle-fodder,{HR}And the vineyard of the wicked they glean. (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 fever, which shall cause the eyes to fail, and the soul to waste away; 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 a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eat of it.
 31Thine ox shall be slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine ass shall be snatched away from before thy face, and shall not return to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to recover them.
 32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand to help it.
 33The fruit of thy ground and all thy labour, shall a people that thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed continually.
 38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
 51and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; for he shall not leave thee corn, new wine, or oil, offspring of thy kine, or increase of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. (Deut. 28:30‑33,38,51)
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Judg. 6:3‑6• 3And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian 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 Jehovah. (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 new wine, but shalt not drink wine. (Mic. 6:15)
let my.
Job 5:4• 4His sons are far from help,{HR}And are crushed in the gate without deliverance; (Job 5:4)
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Job 15:30• 30He escapeth not from darkness:{HR}A flame withereth his shoots,{HR}And he passeth away by the breath of his mouth. (Job 15:30)
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Job 18:19• 19No shoot nor sprout shall he have among his people,{HR}And no escaped one in his dwellings. (Job 18:19)
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Psa. 109:13• 13Let his posterity (latter end) be cut off;{HR}In a 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Let me sow, and another eat, and my produce be uprooted.