Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!

New American Standard Bible

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble reap the same.

A Conservative Version

According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.

Bible in Basic English

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

According to what I saw, they ploughing iniquity and sowing labor shall reap it

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Just] as I have seen, plowers of mischief and sowers of trouble will reap it.

Modern King James verseion

As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same.

NET Bible

Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Even as I have seen
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 74

and sow
זרע 
Zara` 
Usage: 56

קצר 
Qatsar 
Usage: 49

References

Context Readings

Eliphaz's First Response To Job

7 Now please think: Who has ever perished when they're innocent? Where have the upright been destroyed? 8 It's been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest! 9 They perish by the breath of God; they are consumed by the storm that is his anger.



Cross References

Proverbs 22:8

Whoever sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the anger he uses for a weapon will be destroyed.

Galatians 6:7-8

Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:

Job 15:35

For they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity; their womb is pregnant with deception."

Psalm 7:14-16

But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

Jeremiah 4:18

"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"

Hosea 8:7

"Because they sow the wind, they will reap the wind storm. The plant has no stalk and its bud yields no grain. Even if there's a harvest, foreigners will gobble it up.

Hosea 10:12-13

Sow in righteousness in your own interest, reap in gracious love, break up your own unprepared ground; It is now time to inquire of the LORD, until he comes to pour out righteousness for you.

2 Corinthians 9:6

Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

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