Job 4:8
What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
In Context
7Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?
9By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.
Cross References
Psalms 7:14\7:13\He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
Psalms 7:16\7:15\He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
Jeremiah 4:18Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.
Hosea 10:12Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
2 Corinthians 9:6But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.
Matthew Henry on Job 4:8-12
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. Eliphaz here advances another argument to prove… Read the whole commentary →