Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
KJV
Quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem, et seminant dolores, et metunt eos,
Vulgate
καθ’ ὃν τρόπον ἴδον τοὺς ἀροτριῶντας τὰ ἄτοπα· οἱ δὲ σπείροντες αὐτὰ ὀδύνας θεριοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς.
LXX
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
ASV
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתִי חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְ/זֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽ/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
תִּזְרַ֣ע
tzr'
verb · 55×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
- Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Gal 6:8 — For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
- Hos 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- Hos 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- Hos 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Hos 10:13 — Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- Isa 17:11 — In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
- Jer 4:18 — Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
- Job 15:31 — Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
- Job 15:35 — They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
- Prov 1:31 — Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Prov 22:8 — He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
- Prov 22:8 — He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
- Ps 7:14 — Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
- Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.