8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

Other Translations of Job 4:8

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

8 It's my observation that those who plow evil and sow trouble reap evil and trouble.

New King James Version

8 Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.

New Living Translation

8 My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 4:8

Commentary on Job 4:7-11

(Read Job 4:7-11)

Eliphaz argues, 1. That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked, Ecclesiastes 9:2, both in life and death; the great and certain difference is after death. Our worst mistakes are occasioned by drawing wrong views from undeniable truths. 2. That wicked men were often thus ruined: for the proof of this, Eliphaz vouches his own observation. We may see the same every day.