Job 4:8

4:8 Even as I have seen,24 those who plow25 iniquity26

and those who sow trouble reap the same.27

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24	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.
25	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.
26	tn The LXX renders this with a plural “barren places.”
27	tn Heb “reap it.”