Job 4:8
Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
In Context
7Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?
Cross References
Psalms 7:14Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity. 1
Psalms 7:16His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown. 1
Jeremiah 4:18Your ways and your devices have brought these things upon you; this is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it has reached to your heart.
Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light you⌃ for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon 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 →