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Job 31:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 31:8

Verse 8 of 40

Scripture focus

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

Job 31:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 31:8

Theological / Devotional

Let another eat. Job names the curses that he is willing to accept if he has not been upright in the particulars named in v. 7. If Job has not been honest in his dealings with others, let him be deprived of the fruits of his own labors (see Lev. 26:16; Deut. 28:33, 51; Job 5:5).

Offspring. Heb. se’esa’ay, either the offspring of men or the produce of the earth. For the latter use see Isa. 34:1 ; 42:5. To have se’esa’ay refer here to produce makes the two parts of the text parallel.

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