Job 4:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In my experience, only those who plant seeds of evil harvest trouble,

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They have put their trust in something worthless; now they will become worthless like a date palm tree without a leaf.

because they are the parents of trouble and vicious lies.

“Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.

Troublemakers get in trouble, and their terrible anger will get them nowhere.

The plants may sprout and blossom that very same morning, but it will do you no good, because you will suffer endless agony.

“People of Judah, your hearts will be in pain, but it's your own fault that you will be punished.”

If you scatter wind instead of wheat, you will harvest a whirlwind and have no wheat. Even if you harvest grain, enemies will steal it all.

Remember this saying, “A few seeds make a small harvest, but a lot of seeds make a big harvest.”