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Job Chapter 4 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Job 4:8

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
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BBE Job 4:8

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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DARBY Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
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KJV Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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WBT Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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WEB Job 4:8

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.
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YLT Job 4:8

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) They that plow iniquity.--Comp. Galatians 6:7-8; and comp. also the strange expression of Isaiah 5:18.