Job 4:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Job 4:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 4:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 4:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.”

Job 4:8 — World English Bible

Job 4:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. ”

Job 4:8 — American Standard Version

Job 4:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“As I have seen--ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!”

Job 4:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 4:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same. ”

Job 4:8 — Darby Translation

Job 4:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.”

Job 4:8 — Geneva Bible

Job 4:8 in Context — Job 4

6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

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

9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

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What Does Job 4:8 Mean?

Job 4:8 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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