Verse 8
Job 4:8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
Original Language Text
hebrew
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתִי חֹ֣רְשֵׁי אָ֑וֶן וְ/זֹרְעֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל יִקְצְרֻֽ/הוּ
English Translation
When I saw those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, they will reap it.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
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If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath...
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Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
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Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
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But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art trouble...
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Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
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Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
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On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
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Perishing by the blast of God (Elohim), and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
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The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are brok...
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The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
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Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins o...
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In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
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Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:
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And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.
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There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it w...
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Shall man be justified in comparison of God (Elohim), or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
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Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
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How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed a...
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From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall peris...
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And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
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