Job 31:8

Deuteronomy 28:30-33; Deuteronomy 28:38; Deuteronomy 28:51; Job 15:30; Job 18:19; Job 24:6; Job 5:4; Job 5:5; Judges 6:3-6; Leviticus 26:16; Micah 6:15; Psalms 109:13

Related Commentaries of Job 31:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then let me sow, and let another eat - This is the imprecation which he invokes, in case he had been guilty in this respect. He consented to sow...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Then] let me sow, and let another (f) eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. (f) According to the curse of the law, ( Deuteronomy 28:33 ).
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 31. The Oath of Clearing. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. Let me sow, and let another eat - Let me be plagued both in my circumsta...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. Apodosis to Job 31:5 ; Job 31:7 : the curses which he imprecates...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job Protests the Innocence of his Past Life Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family li...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1-25 ; Job 30:1-31 ; Job 31:1-40 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become in...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Clean Life Job 31:1-40 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even i...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? (3) Is not destruction to the wicked? and a stran...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Then] let me sow, and another eat ,.... If what he had before said was not true; but he had turned out of the way of righteousness, and walked afte...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 31:8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. Ver. 8. Then let me sow, and another eat ] God loves to re...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If my step hath turned out of the way If I have knowingly and willingly swerved from the way of truth and justice, which God hath prescribed to me;...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job's Vindication of Himself. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let strangers enjoy the fruit of my labours, according to God's curse, Leviticus 26:16 Deuteronomy 28:30 . My offspring; as this word is used,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprig...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 31:1 . A maid. The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless...
The Biblical Illustrator

I made a covenant with mine eyes. Guard the senses Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charg...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Recounts his Blameless Conduct
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

then let me sow and let another eat, enjoying the fruit of his hard labors; yea, let my offspring be rooted out, the products of the soil as plante...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Increase — All my plants, and fruits, and improvements.

⁸ Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Related Commentaries of Job 31:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 31:8