Proverbs 22:8 · Webster's Bible
Proverbs 22:8 in the Original Hebrew
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Proverbs 22:8 in Other Translations
| KJV | He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. |
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| WEB | He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. |
| ASV | He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. |
| YLT | Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. |
| WBT | He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. |
| DBY | He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end. |
Commentary on Proverbs 22:8
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John Gill · Proverbs 22:8
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 Isa 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) "inanitatem ac nihilum", Michaelis. (x) "Et virga in eum desaevitura, erit decretoria".
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Proverbs 22:8
(Compare Pro 11:18; Psa 109:16-20; Gal 6:7-8).
the rod . . . fail--His power to do evil will be destroyed.
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Questions about Proverbs 22:8
What does Proverbs 22:8 say?
Proverbs 22:8 in the Webster's Bible reads: “He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.” Read it in the full context of Proverbs 22, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Proverbs 22:8 found in the Bible?
Proverbs 22:8 is in the book of Proverbs, chapter 22, verse 8, in the Old Testament.
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Note 1. Ill-gotten gains will not prosper: He that sows iniquity, that does an unjust thing in hopes to get by it, shall reap vanity; what he gets will never do him any good nor give him any satisfaction. He will meet nothing but disappointment. Those that create trouble to others do but prepare trouble for themselves. Men shall reap as they sow. 2. Abused power will not last. If the rod of authority turn into a rod of anger, if men rule by passion instead of prudence, and, instead of the public welfare, aim at nothing so much as the gratifying of their own resentments, it shall fail and be broken, and their power shall not bear them out in their exorbitances, Isa 10:24, Isa 10:25.