Job 5:5
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.”Job 5:5
What Does Job 5:5 Mean?
Job 5:5 is found in the book of Job, chapter 5, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Stewardship.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 5:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Lamentations 2:16“All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.”Hosea 8:7“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.”Genesis 3:18“Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;”Psalms 109:11“Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.”Jeremiah 51:44“And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.”Job 24:5“Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.”Ecclesiastes 5:14“But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.”Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.”Deuteronomy 28:33“The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:”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;”Judges 6:11“And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.”2 Chronicles 33:11“Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.”Job 1:15“And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”Job 1:17“While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.”Job 2:3“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.”Job 12:6“The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.”Job 18:8“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.”Job 18:9“The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.”Job 20:15“He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.”
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