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Job 31:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 31:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 31:85 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶ֭זְרְעָהʾezərəʿāh
let me sowverbH2232
conceive seed · set with sow · yield
וְ/אַחֵ֣רwəʾaḥēr
and anotherconjH312
following · next · strange
יֹאכֵ֑לyōʾkēl
let him eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְֽ/צֶאֱצָאַ֥/יwəṣeʾĕṣāʾay
and produce myconjH6631
offspring
יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּyəšōrāšw
let them be rooted upverbH8327
cause to take) root
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Markus BauerNote1mo ago
The shepherd and the sheep - Job 31
Now I understand why - it's a daily declaration of dependence on God. God is faithful in every circumstance. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. I love how this passage doesn't shy...
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