Job 4:8

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Job 4:8 tn The perfect verb here represents the indefinite past. It has no specific sighting in mind, but refers to each time he has seen the wicked do this.
2. Job 4:8 sn The figure is an implied metaphor. Plowing suggests the idea of deliberately preparing (or cultivating) life for evil. This describes those who are fundamentally wicked.
3. Job 4:8 tn The LXX renders this with a plural “barren places.”
4. Job 4:8 tn Heb “reap it.”