he will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and his blossom will be swept away by the wind.
Job 31:8 - Revised Standard Version then let me sow, and another eat; and let what grows for me be rooted out. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let my offspring be rooted out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then let me sow and let another eat; yes, let the produce of my field or my offspring be rooted out. American Standard Version (1901) Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out. Common English Bible then let me sow and another reap; let my offspring be uprooted. Catholic Public Domain Version then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out. |
he will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and his blossom will be swept away by the wind.
He has no offspring or descendant among his people, and no survivor where he used to live.
He will give back the fruit of his toil, and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.
They gather their fodder in the field and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
for that would be a fire which consumes unto Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
I will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption and fever that waste the eyes and cause life to pine away. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it;
You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
You shall carry much seed into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
and shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; who also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
“The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith toward the Lord, spare us not today