8As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.


In Context

5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.

6 Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?

7 "Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?

8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

9 At the breath of God they are destroyed; at the blast of his anger they perish.

10 The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.

Job 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8As I have seen — ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.