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Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble, And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sin;   Vanity;   Thompson Chain Reference - Evil;   Sowing;   Sowing and Reaping;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Iniquity;   Vanity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Punishment of the Wicked, the;   Reaping;   Vanity;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mines;   Proverbs, the Book of;   Sin (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Reap;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prov'erbs, Book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Reap;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fail;   Reaping;   Sceptre;   Vanity;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster, and their reign of terror will come to an end.
Update Bible Version
He that sows iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
New Century Version
Those who plan evil will receive trouble. Their cruel anger will come to an end.
New English Translation
The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
Webster's Bible Translation
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
World English Bible
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
English Standard Version
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that sowith wickidnes, schal repe yuels; and the yerde of his yre schal be endid.
English Revised Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Berean Standard Bible
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Contemporary English Version
Troublemakers get in trouble, and their terrible anger will get them nowhere.
American Standard Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Bible in Basic English
By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
Complete Jewish Bible
He who sows injustice reaps trouble, and the rod of his angry outburst will fail.
Darby Translation
He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those who spread trouble will harvest trouble. In the end, they will be destroyed for the trouble they caused.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
King James Version (1611)
Hee that soweth iniquitie, shall reape vanitie: and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
New Life Bible
He who plants sin will gather trouble, and the heavy stick of his anger will break.
New Revised Standard
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
George Lamsa Translation
He who sows iniquity shall reap deceit; and the staff of his anger shall be broken.
Good News Translation
If you plant the seeds of injustice, disaster will spring up, and your oppression of others will end.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
Revised Standard Version
He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.
Christian Standard Bible®
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Hebrew Names Version
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
King James Version
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Lexham English Bible
He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.
Literal Translation
He who sows injustice will reap evil, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He yt soweth wickednesse, shal reape sorowe, & the rodde of his plage shal destroye him.
THE MESSAGE
Whoever sows sin reaps weeds, and bullying anger sputters into nothing.
New American Standard Bible
One who sows injustice will reap disaster, And the rod of his fury will perish.
New King James Version
He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, And the rod of his anger will fail.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,And the rod of his fury will end.

Contextual Overview

8He who sows injustice will reap [a harvest of] trouble, And the rod of his wrath [with which he oppresses others] will fail.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Job 4:8, Hosea 8:7, Hosea 10:13, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8

the rod of his anger shall fail: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed, Proverbs 14:3, Psalms 125:3, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 14:29, Isaiah 30:31

Reciprocal: Judges 15:6 - and burnt Job 15:31 - for vanity Psalms 9:15 - General Proverbs 1:31 - General Proverbs 6:14 - soweth Proverbs 11:18 - but Proverbs 21:6 - getting Proverbs 30:8 - Remove 1 Corinthians 6:9 - unrighteous

Cross-References

Genesis 18:14
"Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the LORD? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son."
Genesis 22:19
So Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went with him to Beersheba; and Abraham settled in Beersheba.
Genesis 22:20
Now after these things Abraham was told, "Milcah has borne children to your brother Nahor:
2 Chronicles 25:9
Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do about the hundred talents which I gave to the troops of Israel?" The man of God answered, "The LORD is able to give you much more than this."
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, "With people [as far as it depends on them] it is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
John 1:29
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36
and he looked at Jesus as He walked along, and said, "Look! The Lamb of God!"
Revelation 5:6
And there between the throne (with the four living creatures) and among the elders I saw a Lamb (Christ) standing, [bearing scars and wounds] as though it had been slain, with seven horns (complete power) and with seven eyes (complete knowledge), which are the seven Spirits of God who have been sent [on duty] into all the earth.
Revelation 5:12
saying in a loud voice, "Worthy and deserving is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing."
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "My lord, you know [the answer]." And he said to me, "These are the people who come out of the great tribulation (persecution), and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb [because of His atoning sacrifice].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that soweth iniquity u shall reap vanity,.... He that practises sin, and is frequent in the commission of it; indulges to it in a profuse way, as the sower plentifully scatters his seed; such shall reaper possess nothing but sin and wickedness; for, what a man sows, that shall he reap; he shall eat the fruit of his doings, and have the reward of his works; see Job 4:8; or "nothing" w, mere emptiness; it shall not answer; he shall have in the end neither pleasure nor profit, but the contrary; "shall reap evil things", as the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate Latin versions render it;

and the rod of his anger shall fail; with which he has ruled and smitten others in an angry and cruel manner; this shall be taken from him; his authority shall fail, and he shall become subject to others, and be used in like manner; see Isaiah 14:4. R. Joseph Kimchi interprets it of "the rod of the increase" of the earth, or the rod or flail with which the fruits of the earth are threshed or beaten out, which should fail before they were reaped; and Schultens x has reference to the same, and gives the sense, that a wicked man that sows iniquity, when he thinks his harvest is ripe, shall be beaten with the flail, by which he shall be consumed; and he that threshed others shall be threshed himself.

u So, "serere fallaciam", in Plauti Poenulo, l. 1. v. 67. w און "inanitatem ac nihilum", Michaelis. x "Et virga in eum desaevitura, erit decretoria".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The rod of his anger - That with which he smites others (compare Isaiah 14:6). The King James Version describes the final impotence of the wrath of the wicked.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 22:8. He that soweth iniquity — The crop must be according to the seed. If a man sow thistle seed, is it likely he shall reap wheat? If he sow to the flesh, shall he not of the flesh reap destruction?


 
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