Holy Scripture

Job 4:8

A church father on this verse
“Even, as I have seen, they that plough iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap the same, by the blast of God do they perish, and by the breath of His nostrils are they consumed. To 'sow griefs' is to utter deceits, but to 'reap griefs' is to prevail by so speaking. Or, surely, they 'sow griefs,' who do froward actions, th…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book V

Source: Septuagint

Original

8Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, And they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

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6Is not thy fear founded in folly, Thy hope also, and the mischief of thy way?

7Remember then who has perished, being pure? Or when were the truehearted utterly destroyed?

— Job 4:8 —

9They shall perish by the command of the Lord, And shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath.

10The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, And the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

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