Job 5:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 5:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 5:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 5:5 — KJV
“Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.”
— Job 5:5 (KJV)
Job 5:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 5:5
“It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:5: hungry, eateth, even
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Job 5:5: even, substance
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: branches: Heb. daughters”
Shares key themes with Job 5:5: whose, even
“Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:5: eateth, even
“Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.”
Shares key themes with Job 5:5: eateth, even
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