Job 31:8
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 31
“Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.”Job 31:8
What Does Job 31:8 Mean?
Job 31:8 is found in the book of Job, chapter 31, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Job 31:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Leviticus 26:16“I 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.”Micah 6:15“Thou 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.”Deuteronomy 28:38“Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.”John 4:37“And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.”Deuteronomy 28:30“Thou 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.”Deuteronomy 28:51“And 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.”Judges 6:3“And 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;”Job 5:4“His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.”Job 15:30“He 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 18:19“He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.”Job 20:18“That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.”Job 24:6“They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.”Psalms 109:13“Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.”
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