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Job 4:8–9

As I have seen, those who eplow iniquity

and sow trouble reap the same.

By fthe breath of God they perish,

and by gthe blast of his anger they are consumed.

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Job 4:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)

As I have observed, those who plow evil

and those who sow trouble reap it.

At the breath of God they perish;

at the blast of his anger they are no more.

Job 4:8–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Job 4:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

My experience shows that those who plant trouble

and cultivate evil will harvest the same.

A breath from God destroys them.

They vanish in a blast of his anger.

Job 4:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Even as I have seen,

Those who plow iniquity

And sow trouble reap the same.

By the blast of God they perish,

And by the breath of His anger they are consumed.

Job 4:8–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

I have noticed that people who plow evil

and plant trouble, harvest it.

God’s breath destroys them,

and a blast of his anger kills them.

Job 4:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,

And sow trouble, reap the same.

By the breath of God they perish,

And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Job 4:8–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same. By the breath of †God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.

Job 4:8–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery, 

they gathered its harvest. 

God destroys them with his breath 

and kills them with a blast of his anger. 

Job 4:8–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

In my experience, those who plow injustice

and those who sow trouble reap the same.

They perish at a single blast from God

and come to an end by the breath of His nostrils.

Job 4:8–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

As I have seen, those who plow iniquity

and sow trouble reap the same.

By the breath of God they perish,

and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Job 4:8–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Just as I have seen, plowers of mischief

and sowers of trouble will reap it.

By the breath of God they perish,

and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.

Job 4:8–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

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.

The breath of God destroys them.

The blast of his anger wipes them out.

Job 4:8–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity

And those who sow trouble harvest it.

“By the breath of God they perish,

And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.


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