Job 4:8

“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness and those who sow suffering reap it.”

Job 4:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 4:8, word by word

I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “raiti” appears
those who plowחֹרְשֵׁיchorshe

plow

To drive the plow, opening furrows in the soil.

Where else “chorshe” appears
wickednessאָוֶןaven

wickedness

The evil one does.

Where else “aven” appears
and those who sowזֹרְעֵיzore

sow

To put seed in the ground.

Where else “zore” appears
sufferingעָמָלamal

suffering

Pain one goes through, or harm done to others.

Where else “amal” appears
reap itיִקְצְרֻyiktsru

reap

To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.

Where else “yiktsru” appears

The context

7Remember, please: who, being innocent, perished? And where were the upright wiped out?

8 · This verse (above)

9By the breath of Eloah they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

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