Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.
Job 4:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow wickedness, reap the same. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As I myself have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble and mischief reap the same. American Standard Version (1901) According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. Common English Bible As I’ve observed, those who plow sin and sow trouble will harvest it. Catholic Public Domain Version In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them, |
Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.
They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.*
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.
For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.