Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:
New American Standard Bible
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
King James Version
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Holman Bible
and those who sow trouble
International Standard Version
It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!
A Conservative Version
According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
American Standard Version
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
Amplified
“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
Bible in Basic English
What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.
Darby Translation
Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
Julia Smith Translation
According to what I saw, they ploughing iniquity and sowing labor shall reap it
King James 2000
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Just] as I have seen, plowers of mischief and sowers of trouble will reap it.
Modern King James verseion
As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same.
NET Bible
Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
New Heart English Bible
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Webster
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
World English Bible
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Youngs Literal Translation
As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
Themes
Bearing fruit » Those that sow iniquity
Evil » Sowing » Sowing evil, on the part of the wicked
Iniquity » Those that sow iniquity
Plowing » Illustrative » Of a course of sin
Punishment of the The Wicked » Is the fruit of their sin
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of wickedness
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's First Response To Job
7 Remember, I pray thee, who, being innocent, hath perished, or when, the upright, have been cut off. 8 So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same: 9 By the blast of GOD, they perish, And, by the breath of his nostrils, are they consumed:
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
Galatians 6:7-8
Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap, -
Job 15:35
Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.
Psalm 7:14-16
Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:
Jeremiah 4:18
Thine own way And thine own doings, Have done these things unto thee, - This thy wickedness, Surely it is bitter, Surely it hath reached unto thy heart.
Hosea 8:7
For, to the wind, they sow, and, to the whirlwind, they reap: stalk, hath it none, That which shooteth forth, shall yield no meal, If so be it yield, foreigners, swallow it lip,
Hosea 10:12-13
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap ye at thc bidding of lovingkindness, furrow to yourselves the newly-ploughed soil, - then will be the time to seek Yahweh, until he come, that he may rain down righteousness for you.
2 Corinthians 9:6
As to this, however, he that soweth sparingly, sparingly, also shall reap, and, he that soweth with blessings, with blessings, also shall reap: