Job 4:8–9
Job 4:8–9 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 As I have observed, those who plow evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
9 At the breath of God they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
Job 4:8–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)
8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
9 By the breath of God they perish,
and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Job 4:8–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 My experience shows that those who plant trouble
and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
9 A breath from God destroys them.
They vanish in a blast of his anger.
Job 4:8–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Even as I have seen,
Those who plow iniquity
And sow trouble reap the same.
9 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)
8 I have noticed that people who plow evil
and plant trouble, harvest it.
9 God’s breath destroys them,
and a blast of his anger kills them.
Job 4:8–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
And sow trouble, reap the same.
9 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)
8 Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same. 9 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)
8 Whenever I saw those who plowed wickedness and planted misery,
they gathered its harvest.
9 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)
8 In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble reap the same.
9 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)
8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.
9 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)
8 Just as I have seen, plowers of mischief
and sowers of trouble will reap it.
9 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)
8 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.
9 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)
8 “According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.
9 “By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.