Job 4:8

Even as I have seen ; rather, according as I have seen —so far, that is, as my observation goes (see the Revised Version, which is supported by Professor Lee and Canon Cook). They that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same (comp. Proverbs 22:8 ; Hosea 8:7 ; Hosea 10:13 ; Galatians 6:7 , Galatians 6:8 ). The words translated "iniquity" and "wickedness" express in the original both moral and physical evil. Men sew the one and reap the other. Eliphaz extends this general rule into a universal law, or, at any rate, declares that he has never known an exception. He has not, therefore, been grieved and perplexed, like David, by "seeing the ungodly in such prosperity" ( Psalms 73:3 ). He would seem not to have been a man of very keen observation.