ESV Reformation Study Bible – Job 4:8
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Job 4:8

4:8 sow trouble reap the same. This is a wisdom truth that cannot be denied, but is Job guilty of this? That the innocent never perish (v. 7) is not true, nor has it ever been since the death of Abel (cf. Gen. 4:8–11).