Job 4:8
On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
In Context
7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
9Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
Cross References
Psalms 7:14And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.
Psalms 7:16He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.
Jeremiah 4:18They ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.
Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.
2 Corinthians 9:6Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings, shall also reap blessings.
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 →