Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Updated King James Version
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 you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Cross References
Psalms 7:14Behold, he labors with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown of the head.
Jeremiah 4:18Your way and your doings have procured these things unto you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reachs unto yours heart.
Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rain righteousness upon you.
2 Corinthians 9:6But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
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 →