KJV ORIGINAL
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
From what I have observed, those who work at doing evil and plant wickedness will harvest the same evil they have sown.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The speaker is saying that people who do evil things will eventually face the consequences of their own wrongdoing.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Eliphaz, one of Job's friends who came to comfort him during his suffering. Eliphaz is presenting what was commonly believed in ancient times - that suffering always comes as punishment for sin, and that good people are rewarded while evil people are punished. He's using agricultural imagery that would have been very familiar to people in the ancient Near East, where farming was central to daily life.
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