Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, ¹  those who plow ²  iniquity ³  and those who sow trouble reap the same. ⁴ 

Ps 7:14-16; Pr 22:8; Jer 4:18; Ho 8:7; Ho 10:12,13; 2Co 9:6; Ga 6:7,8

¹ tn The perfect verb here represents the indefinite past. It has no specific sighting in mind, but refers to each time he has seen the wicked do this.

² sn The figure is an implied metaphor. Plowing suggests the idea of deliberately preparing (or cultivating) life for evil. This describes those who are fundamentally wicked.

³ tn The LXX renders this with a plural “barren places.”

⁴ tn Heb “reap it.”