Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. New Living Translation My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same. English Standard Version As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same. Berean Standard Bible As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. King James Bible Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. New King James Version Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same. New American Standard Bible “According to what I have seen, those who plow wrongdoing And those who sow trouble harvest it. NASB 1995 “According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it. NASB 1977 “According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it. Legacy Standard Bible According to what I have seen, those who plow wickedness And those who sow trouble harvest it. Amplified Bible “As I have seen, those who plow wickedness And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it. Christian Standard Bible In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same. Holman Christian Standard Bible In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same. American Standard Version According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. Aramaic Bible in Plain English As when I have seen, they who cultivate with sin and sow pain will reap it Brenton Septuagint Translation Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. Contemporary English Version In my experience, only those who plant seeds of evil harvest trouble, Douay-Rheims Bible On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them, English Revised Version According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest. Good News Translation I have seen people plow fields of evil and plant wickedness like seed; now they harvest wickedness and evil. International Standard Version It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest! JPS Tanakh 1917 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same. Literal Standard Version As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, | And sowers of misery, reap it! Majority Standard Bible As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. New American Bible As I see it, those who plow mischief and sow trouble will reap them. NET Bible Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. New Revised Standard Version As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same. New Heart English Bible According to what I have seen, those who 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! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper…7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed? 8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. 9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.… Cross References Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. Galatians 6:8 The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Job 15:31 Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward. Job 15:35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit." Psalm 7:15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. Proverbs 1:31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Proverbs 22:8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. Treasury of Scripture Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. they that plow. Psalm 7:14-16 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood… Proverbs 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. Jeremiah 4:18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. Jump to Previous Evil Harvest Iniquity Mischief Misery Observed Planted Plough Ploughed Ploughers Plow Reap Sow Themselves Trouble WickednessJump to Next Evil Harvest Iniquity Mischief Misery Observed Planted Plough Ploughed Ploughers Plow Reap Sow Themselves Trouble WickednessJob 4 1. Eliphaz reproves Job that the innocent do not suffer7. He teaches God's judgments to be not for the righteous, but for the wicked. 12. His fearful vision to humble the excellency of creatures before God. (8) They that plow iniquity.--Comp. Galatians 6:7-8; and comp. also the strange expression of Isaiah 5:18.Verse 8. - Even as I have seen; rather, according as I have seen - so far, that is, as my observation goes (see the Revised Version, which is supported by Professor Lee and Canon Cook). They that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same (comp. Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 8:7; Hosea 10:13; Galatians 6:7, 8). The words translated "iniquity" and "wickedness" express in the original both moral and physical evil. Men sew the one and reap the other. Eliphaz extends this general rule into a universal law, or, at any rate, declares that he has never known an exception. He has not, therefore, been grieved and perplexed, like David, by "seeing the ungodly in such prosperity" (Psalm 73:3). He would seem not to have been a man of very keen observation. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Asכַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I have observed, רָ֭אִיתִי (rā·’î·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7200: To see those who plow חֹ֣רְשֵׁי (ḥō·rə·šê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise iniquity, אָ֑וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol and those who sow וְזֹרְעֵ֖י (wə·zō·rə·‘ê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify trouble, עָמָ֣ל (‘ā·māl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind reap the same. יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ (yiq·ṣə·ru·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest Links Job 4:8 NIVJob 4:8 NLT Job 4:8 ESV Job 4:8 NASB Job 4:8 KJV Job 4:8 BibleApps.com Job 4:8 Biblia Paralela Job 4:8 Chinese Bible Job 4:8 French Bible Job 4:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 4:8 According to what I have seen those (Jb) |
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