Job 4:8

Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, 1 And they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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? 1 Or when were the truehearted utterly destroyed? 1

9They shall perish by the command of the Lord, 1 And shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 7:14And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; 1 He has completed his arrows for the raging ones. 1

Psalms 7:16He has opened a pit, and dug it up, 1 And he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. 1

Jeremiah 4:18Thy ways and thy devices have brought these things upon thee; this is thy wickedness, for it is bitter, for it has reached to thy heart.

Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light ye 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 →

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