Job 31:8
Strong's Lexicon
then may another
וְאַחֵ֣ר (wə·’a·ḥêr)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: 1) another, other, following 1a) following, further 1b) other, different

eat
יֹאכֵ֑ל (yō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

what I have sown,
אֶ֭זְרְעָה (’ez·rə·‘āh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2232: 1) to sow, scatter seed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sow 1a2) producing, yielding seed 1b)(Niphal) 1b1) to be sown 1b2) to become pregnant, be made pregnant 1c) (Pual) to be sown 1d) (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed

and my crops
וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י (wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’ay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6631: 1) offspring, produce, issue 1a) offspring (of men) 1b) produce (of earth) 1c) descendants (metaphorical)

be uprooted.
יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ (yə·šō·rā·šū)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8327: 1) to uproot, take root, deal with the roots 1a) (Piel) to root up, root out 1b) (Pual) to be rooted up or out (of produce) 1c) (Poel) to take root 1d) (Poal) to take root 1e) (Hiphil) to take root, cause to take root

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

Young's Literal Translation
Let me sow—and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted. 

New American Standard Bible
Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted.

King James Bible
[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

New Living Translation
then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

English Standard Version
then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out.

New American Standard Bible
Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted.

King James Bible
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted.

International Standard Version
what I've planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted."

NET Bible
then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

American Standard Version
Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

English Revised Version
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

Young's Literal Translation
Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
















Cross References
John 4:37
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

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.

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 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

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.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Job 31:6
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

Job 31:5
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Job 31:9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Job 31:10
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
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