Job 4:8

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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.

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

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WLC

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתִי חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְזֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καθʼ ὃν τρόπον εἶδον τοὺς ἀροτριῶντας τὰ ἄτοπα, οἱ δὲ σπείροντες αὐτὰ ὀδύνας θεριοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς.

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• Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 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…
• Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
• Hosea 8:7For 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“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 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
• Hosea 10:12–13Sow 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. You have plowed…
• Psalms 7:14–16Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence…

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