1. Job 4:8 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 4:8 (Summary)

Job 4:8 (ESV)

8 As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.

A person always reaps what he has sown. If Job is now reaping trouble, the implied conclusion is that he has done something to deserve it!

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