Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves; for emptiness will be their recompense.
Job 4:8 - New Revised Standard Version As 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 them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves; for emptiness will be their recompense.
They conceive mischief and bring forth evil and their heart prepares deceit.”
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
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.
Your ways and your doings have brought this upon you. This is your doom; how bitter it is! It has reached your very heart.”
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, foreigners would devour it.
The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.