King James Version
Job 4:8 in the King James Version says “Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.” — study this verse from Job chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.”
Job 4:8 · KJV
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. by the breath: that is, by his anger
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“Even as I have seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“they that plow”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
“iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“reap”
H7114to dock off, i.e., curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
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