Job 5:5
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Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.

Job 18:8
For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.

Job 20:22
When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

Job 22:10
Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

Psalm 109:11
May the usurer search all his substance: and let strangers plunder his labours.

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

harvest.

Deuteronomy 28:33,51 May a people which thou knowest not, eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labours: and mayst thou always suffer oppression, and be crushed at all times. . . .

Judges 6:3-6 And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations, came up: . . .

Isaiah 62:8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured.

the thorns.

Judges 6:11 And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas, the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon, his son, was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian,

2 Chronicles 33:11 Therefore he brought upon them the captains of he army of the king of the Assyrians: and they took Manasses, and carried him bound with chains and fetters to Babylon.

the robber.

Job 1:15,17 And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee. . . .

Job 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

Job 18:9 The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.

Hosea 8:7 For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.

swalloweth.

Job 2:3 And the Lord said to Satan: Hast thou considered my servant, Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil, and still keeping his innocence? But thou hast moved me against him, that I should afflict him without cause.

Job 20:15 The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.

Jeremiah 51:34,44 Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath eaten me up, he hath devoured me: he hath made me as an empty vessel: he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicate meats, and he hath cast me out. . . .

Lamentations 2:5,16 He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath cast down Israel headlong, he hath overthrown all the walls thereof: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Juda the afflicted, both men and women. . . .

Context
Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him
4His children shall be far from safety, and shall be destroyed in the gate, and there shall be none to deliver them. 5Whose harvest the hungry shall eat, and the armed man shall take him by violence, and the thirsty shall drink up his riches.6Nothing upon earth is done without a cause, and sorrow doth not spring out of the ground.…
Lexicon
The hungry
רָ֘עֵ֤ב (rā·‘êḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7456: To be hungry

consume
יֹאכֵ֗ל (yō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

his harvest,
קְצִיר֨וֹ ׀ (qə·ṣî·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

taking it even
יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ (yiq·qā·ḥê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

from the thorns;
מִצִּנִּ֥ים (miṣ·ṣin·nîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6791: A thorn, a cactus-hedge

and the thirsty
צַמִּ֣ים (ṣam·mîm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6782: Perhaps a snare, trap

pant
וְשָׁאַ֖ף (wə·šā·’ap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten

after his wealth.
חֵילָֽם׃ (ḥê·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength


Additional Translations
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance.

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

For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

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

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

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

whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

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