Parallel Verses

Amplified


“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.

New American Standard Bible

His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

King James Version

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Holman Bible

The hungry consume his harvest,
even taking it out of the thorns.
The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.

International Standard Version

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

A Conservative Version

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

American Standard Version

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

Bible in Basic English

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

Darby Translation

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

Julia Smith Translation

Which his harvest the hungry one will devour, and not from thorns shall they take it, and destruction gaped after their substance.

King James 2000

Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth.

Modern King James verseion

Their harvest the hungry eats, and takes it even out of the thorns; and the snare swallows up their wealth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that his harvest was eaten up of the hungry; that the weaponed man had spoiled it, and that the thirsty had drunk up his riches.

NET Bible

The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

New Heart English Bible

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

The Emphasized Bible

Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

Webster

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

World English Bible

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קציר 
Qatsiyr 
Usage: 54

the hungry
רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

eateth up
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

and taketh
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

it even out

unto, with, against, at, into, in, before, to, of, upon, by, toward, hath, for, on, beside, from, where, after, within
Usage: 0

of the thorns
צן 
Tsen 
Usage: 2

and the robber
צמּים 
Tsammiym 
Usage: 2

שׁאף 
Sha'aph 
Usage: 14

References

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Response Continues

4
“His children are far from safety [and included in their father’s ruin],
They are oppressed and crushed in the [court of justice in the city’s] gate,
And there is no one to rescue them.
5 
“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.
6
“For affliction does not come forth from the dust,
Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your land and all the products of your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and exploited and crushed continually.

Deuteronomy 28:51

and it will eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who will leave you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the offspring of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.

Judges 6:3-6

For it was whenever Israel had sown [their seed] that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and go up against them.

Judges 6:11

Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.

Job 1:15

and the Sabeans attacked and swooped down on them and took away the animals. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 1:17

While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and have taken them away and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 2:3

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]. And still he maintains and holds tightly to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to destroy him without cause.”

Job 12:6


“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.

Job 18:8-10


“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].

Job 20:15


“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will drive them out of his belly.

Isaiah 62:8


The Lord has sworn [an oath] by His right hand and by His mighty arm,
“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will [the invading] foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

Jeremiah 51:34


“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me,
He has set me down like an empty vessel.
Like a monster he has swallowed me up,
He has filled his belly with my delicacies;
He has spit me out and washed me away.

Jeremiah 51:44


“I will punish and judge Bel [the handmade god] in Babylon
And take out of his mouth what he has swallowed up [the stolen sacred articles and the captives of Judah and elsewhere].
The nations will no longer flow to him.
Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen down!

Lamentations 2:5


The Lord has become like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all its palaces;
He has destroyed its strongholds
And multiplied in the Daughter of Judah
Mourning and lamentation (expressions of grief).

Lamentations 2:16


All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it!”

Hosea 8:7


For they sow the wind [in evil]
And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].
The standing grain has no growth;
It yields no grain.
If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

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