Job 5:5
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New International Version (©1984)
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The hungry devour their harvest, even when it is guarded by brambles. The thirsty pant after their wealth.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat. They take it even from among the thorns, and thirsty people pant after his wealth.

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

American King James Version
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.

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

English Revised Version
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

Geneva Study Bible

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.

Wesley's Notes

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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. even out of the thorns-Even when part of the grain remains hanging on the thorn bushes (or, "is growing among thorns," Mt 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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:1-5 Eliphaz here calls upon Job to answer his arguments. Were any of the saints or servants of God visited with such Divine judgments as Job, or did they ever behave like him under their sufferings? The term, saints, holy, or more strictly, consecrated ones, seems in all ages to have been applied to the people of God, through the Sacrifice slain in the covenant of their reconciliation. Eliphaz doubts not that the sin of sinners directly tends to their ruin. They kill themselves by some lust or other; therefore, no doubt, Job has done some foolish thing, by which he has brought himself into this condition. The allusion was plain to Job's former prosperity; but there was no evidence of Job's wickedness, and the application to him was unfair and severe.


Job 18:8 "For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
Job 22:10 "Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you, (NASB ©1995)

Consume Designing Devour Eager Eat Eateth Eats Food Gets Goes Grain Harvest Hungry Need Pant Poor Produce Robber Schemer Snare Spring Substance Swalloweth Thirsty Thorns Water Wealth

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

harvest. De 28:33,51 Jud 6:3-6 Isa 62:8

the thorns. Jud 6:11 2Ch 33:11

the robber. 1:15,17 12:6 18:9 Ho 8:7

swalloweth. 2:3 20:15 Jer 51:34,44 La 2:5,16

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Alphabetical: a after among and consume devour eager even for from harvest his hungry is it of pant place schemer take taking The their thirsty thorns to wealth

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