Job 5:5

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

Cross-references

Job 12:6 Contrast

Job 12:6 states the wicked are secure and prosper, directly opposing Job 5:5's claim that the wicked's harvest is devoured.

Job 20:15 Parallel

Job 20:15 echoes the same theme: the wicked's riches are vomited up, taken away — a parallel image of wealth lost.

Job 20:28 Parallel

Job 20:28 states the wicked's possessions are carried away in God's wrath — a parallel to the hungry taking the harvest.

Job 31:8 Parallel

Job 31:8 echoes this curse: if Job is guilty, let others eat his harvest — the same consequence as for the wicked here.

Isaiah 62:8 Contrast

Isaiah 62:8 promises God will no longer give grain to enemies, the opposite of the judgment in Job 5:5 where the wicked's harvest is consumed.

Hosea 8:7 Parallel

Hosea 8:7 uses similar imagery: the wicked sow wind and reap whirlwind, with strangers devouring their harvest — reinforcing the principle of divine reaping.

Psalm 109:11 contains a similar curse: creditors seize all, strangers plunder — parallel to the hungry consuming the wicked's harvest.

Deuteronomy 28:33 describes a curse where foreigners consume Israel's harvest, mirroring the fate of the wicked in Job 5:5 whose harvest is devoured.

Deuteronomy 28:51 intensifies the curse: enemies eat all livestock and produce until destruction, echoing Job 5:5's image of hungry devouring the harvest.

Judges 6:3–6 Historical context

Judges 6:3-6 recounts Midianites devouring Israel's crops, a historical instance matching Job 5:5's description of the wicked's harvest being taken.