Job 4:8
As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, || And sowers of misery, reap it!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
In Context
7Now remember, || Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
9From the breath of God they perish, || And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
Cross References
Psalms 7:14Behold, he travails [with] iniquity, || And he has conceived perverseness, || And has brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 7:16His perverseness returns on his head, || And his violence comes down on his crown.
Jeremiah 4:18“Your way and your doings have done these to you, || This [is] your distress, for [it is] bitter, || For it has struck to your heart.”
Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves in righteousness, || Reap according to loving-kindness, || Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, || To seek YHWH, || Until He comes and shows righteousness to you.
2 Corinthians 9:6And [remember] this: he who is sowing sparingly, will also reap sparingly; and he who is sowing in blessings, will also reap in 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 →