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The Law of the Harvest
Commentators unanimously identify this verse as a classic expression of the 'reap what you sow' principle, echoed in passages like Galatians 6:7-8 and Hosea 8:7. The agricultural metaphor is vivid: 'plowing iniquity' refers to devising evil plans, and 'sowing trouble' means putting those plans into action. The verse affirms the undeniable truth that actions, particularly sinful ones, have consequences.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 4:8
18th Century
Theologian
Even as I have seen - Eliphaz appeals to his own observation, that people who had led wicked lives were suddenly cut off. Instances of this …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 4:8
19th Century
Bishop
They that plow iniquity. —Compare Galatians 6:7-8; and compare also the strange expression of Isaiah 5:18.
John Gill
On Job 4:8
17th Century
Pastor
Even as I have seen
Here he goes about to prove, by his own experience, the destruction of wicked men; and would int…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 4:7–11
17th Century
Minister
Eliphaz argues,
That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked ([Reference Ec…