Job 4:8
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New International Version (©1984)
As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

New Living Translation (©2007)
My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.

English Standard Version (©2001)
As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

King James Bible
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

American King James Version
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

American Standard Version
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

Bible in Basic English
What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

Douay-Rheims Bible
On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,

Darby Bible Translation
Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.

English Revised Version
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

Webster's Bible Translation
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

World English Bible
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

Young's Literal Translation
As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

Geneva Study Bible

Even as I have seen, they that {e} plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

(e) They who do evil cannot but receive evil.

Wesley's Notes

4:8 Even - As thou hast never seen any example of a righteous man cut off, so I have seen many of wicked men cut off for their wickedness. They - They that designedly work wickedness, first preparing themselves for it, and then continuing to execute it, as husbandmen first plow the ground, and then cast in the feed. Reap - The fruit of their iniquity, the just punishment of it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

8. they that plough iniquity . reap the same-(Pr 22:8; Ho 8:7; 10:13; Ga 6:7, 8).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:7-11 Eliphaz argues, 1. That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked, Ec 9:2, both in life and death; the great and certain difference is after death. Our worst mistakes are occasioned by drawing wrong views from undeniable truths. 2. That wicked men were often thus ruined: for the proof of this, Eliphaz vouches his own observation. We may see the same every day.


Job 15:31 "Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
Job 15:35 "They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception."
Proverbs 22:8 He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.
Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors,
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. (NASB ©1995)

Evil Harvest Iniquity Mischief Misery Observed Planted Plough Ploughed Ploughers Plow Reap Sow Themselves Trouble Wickedness

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

they that plow. Ps 7:14-16 Pr 22:8 Jer 4:18 Ho 8:7 10:12,13 2Co 9:6 Ga 6:7,8

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