Job 4:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ As I myself have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble and mischief reap the same.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ As I’ve observed, those who plow sin and sow trouble will harvest it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Job 4:8 Cross References

Job 15:31

Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his recompense.

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief and bring forth evil and their heart prepares deceit.”

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

Isaiah 17:11

though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow; yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain.

Jeremiah 4:18

Your ways and your doings have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, aliens would devour it.

2 Corinthians 9:6

The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.