Job 4:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

I will tell you what I have seen. Trouble comes to people who do wicked things. They receive the punishment that they deserve.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Yes, I have seen people whose lives were cut short, but they were evil troublemakers.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I have seen people plow fields of evil and plant wickedness like seed; now they harvest wickedness and evil.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, they gathered its harvest.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Just like I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

As I see it, those who plow for mischief and sow trouble, reap the same.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Here's what I've observed. People gather a crop from what they plant. If they plant evil and trouble, that's what they will harvest.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Have you ever known a truly good and innocent person who was punished? Experience teaches that it is those who sow sin and trouble who harvest the same.

English Tyndale 1537

As I have seen them that plow vanity(wickedness) and sow malice(mischief) reap the same.

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