Job 4:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Job 4:8 Cross References

XREF:

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)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:8 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.

WES:

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.

MHC:

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.

CONC:

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

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

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