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Job Chapter 5 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
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BBE Job 5:5

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.
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DARBY Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
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KJV Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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WBT Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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WEB Job 5:5

Whose harvest the hungry eats up, And take it even out of the thorns; The snare gapes for their substance.
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YLT Job 5:5

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Whose harvest the hungry eateth up. Covetous men rush in and "eat up" all that the family possesses, thus bringing it to the extreme of poverty and want. And taketh it even out of the thorns. Vain is any protection that may be devised. As hedges, even of the prickly pear, do not keep out a band of plunderers, so there is no obstacle which those bent on robbing them will not overcome. And the robber swalloweth up their substance; or, the thirsty; i.e. those who thirst after it.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Whose harvest the hungry eateth up.--The meaning becomes more pointed if we understand the wicked man himself as the subject whose harvest he shall eat famishing and have to take from among the thorns--there shall be so little, and that little choked with thorns. The word "robber" is perhaps a trap, or snare. Some of the old versions use other vowels, and read, "the thirsty swallow up," making the parallelism complete.