Job 4:8 “As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble…”

Job 4:8

As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

As I have seen — ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

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.

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Cross references

“they that plow”

Proverbs 22:8 Hosea 8:7 Jeremiah 4:18 2 Corinthians 9:6 Psalm 7:14–16 Hosea 10:12

Proverbs 22:8 · BSB

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Hosea 8:7 · BSB

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Jeremiah 4:18 · BSB

“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

2 Corinthians 9:6 · BSB

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Psalm 7:14–16 · BSB

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Hosea 10:12 · BSB

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

Also

Job 15:35

Job 15:35 · BSB

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

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