Job 4:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתִי חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְזֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

As kaʾăšer rāʾîtî ḥōrəšê ʾāwen and wə-zōrəʿê ʿāmāl yiqṣərūhû

Grammar Details

*kaʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - as/like/according to
*rāʾîtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person common singular - I have seen
*ḥōrəšê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - plowers of
*ʾāwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/trouble/sorrow
*wə-zōrəʿê*: waw conjunction + Qal participle, masculine plural construct - and sowers of
*ʿāmāl*: noun, masculine singular - trouble/toil/mischief
*yiqṣərūhû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they reap it

Word Meanings

*rāʾîtî*: to see/observe/perceive
*ḥōrəšê*: plowers/craftsmen/devisers
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/trouble/sorrow/wickedness
*zōrəʿê*: sowers/planters/scatterers
*ʿāmāl*: trouble/toil/labor/mischief
*yiqṣərūhû*: to reap/harvest/cut

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Referenced Verses

Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Hos 10:12-13 : 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. 13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Jer 4:18 : 18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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