Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, that those who plough wrong-doing, and sow trouble, have to reap the same.
Leeser Tanakh
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 where were the righteous destroyed?
Cross References
Psalms 7:14(7:15) Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.
Psalms 7:16(7:17) His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.
Jeremiah 4:18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee: this is thy wickedness, which is so bitter, which so reacheth unto thy heart.
Hosea 10:12Sow then for yourselves after righteousness, that you may reap [the fruit] of kindness; cultivate your fallow field; for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness down for you.
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 →