Job 5:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a [place of] thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Whose haruest the hungry eateth vp, and taketh it euen out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth vp their substance.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— His harvest the hungry eat up; and they shall pour out water to the thirsty, and the thirsty devour their substance.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. |
Whose
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
harvest
7105 {7105} Primeקָצִירqatsiyr{kaw-tseer'}
From H7114; severed, that is, harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage).
the hungry
7457 {7457} Primeרָעֵבra`eb{raw-abe'}
From H7456; hungry (more or less intensely).
eateth up,
398 {0398} Primeאָכַל'akal{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
and taketh
3947 {3947} Primeלָקַחlaqach{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
it even out
y413 [0413] Standardאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
of
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
the thorns,
6791 {6791} Primeצֵןtsen{tsane}
From an unused root meaning to be prickly; a thorn; hence a cactus hedge.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
and the robber
6782 {6782} Primeצַמִּיםtsammiym{tsam-meem'}
From the same as H6777; a noose (as fastening); figuratively destruction.
swalloweth up
7602 {7602} Primeשָׁאַףsha'aph{shaw-af'}
A primitive root; to inhale eagerly; figuratively to covet; by implication to be angry; also to hasten.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
their substance.
2428 {2428} Primeחַיִלchayil{khah'-yil}
From H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength. |
Job 5:5
_ _ even out of the thorns — Even when part of the grain remains hanging on the thorn bushes (or, “is growing among thorns,” Matthew 13:7), the hungry gleaner does not grudge the trouble of even taking it away, so clean swept away is the harvest of the wicked.
_ _ the robber — as the Sabeans, who robbed Job. Rather, translate “the thirsty,” as the antithesis in the parallelism, “the hungry,” proves. |
Job 5:5
Harvest — Which they confidently expect to reap after all their cost and labour, but are sadly and suddenly disappointed. The hungry — The hungry Sabeans eat it up. Thorns — Out of the fields: in spite of all dangers or difficulties in their way. |
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the (g) thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
(g) Though there are only two or three ears left in the hedges, yet these will be taken from him. |
- harvest:
Deuteronomy 28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Deuteronomy 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which [also] shall not leave thee [either] corn, wine, or oil, [or] the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
Judges 6:3-6 And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; ... And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
Isaiah 62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn [to be] meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
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- the thorns:
Judges 6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide [it] from the Midianites.
2 Chronicles 33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
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- the robber:
Job 1:15 And the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:17 While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
Job 18:9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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- swalloweth:
Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Jeremiah 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Jeremiah 51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Lamentations 2:5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it].
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