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

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
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

In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble reap the same.

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!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Even as I have seen
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 74

and sow
זרע 
Zara` 
Usage: 56

קצר 
Qatsar 
Usage: 49

References

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:

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:

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