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Job 5:5

The hungry eat his harvest,

and he takes it even out of thorns,1

and the thirsty pant2 after his3 wealth.

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Job 5:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

The hungry consume his harvest,

taking it even from among thorns,

and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 5:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,

And taketh it even out of the thorns,

And the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Job 5:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The hungry devour their harvest,

even when it is guarded by brambles.

The thirsty pant after their wealth.

Job 5:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Because the hungry eat up his harvest,

Taking it even from the thorns,

And a snare snatches their substance.

Job 5:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

The hungry eat his harvest,

even taking what grew among the thorns,

and thirsty people want his wealth.

Job 5:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,

And taketh it even out of the thorns;

And the snare gapeth for their substance.

Job 5:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Job 5:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat. 

They take it even from among the thorns, 

and thirsty people pant after his wealth. 

Job 5:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The hungry consume his harvest,

even taking it out of the thorns.

The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.

Job 5:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The hungry eat their harvest,

and they take it even out of the thorns;

and the thirsty pant after their wealth.

Job 5:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

whose harvest the hungry eats,

and he takes it from behind the thorns;

and the thirsty pants after their wealth.

Job 5:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Hungry people eat up the crops of those who are foolish.

They even take the food that grows among thorns.

Thirsty people long for the wealth of the foolish.

Job 5:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“His harvest the hungry devour

And take it to a place of thorns,

And the schemer is eager for their wealth.


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