Parallel Verses
Amplified
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.
New American Standard Bible
Who
King James Version
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Holman Bible
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.
International Standard Version
How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range freely!"
A Conservative Version
Blessed are ye who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
American Standard Version
Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
Bible in Basic English
Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.
Darby Translation
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
Julia Smith Translation
Happy ye sowing upon all waters, sending the foot of the ox and the ass.
King James 2000
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Happy [are] you who sow by all waters, who let the foot of the ox and the donkey go free.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the ass.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O how happy shall ye be, when ye shall safely sow your seed beside all waters, and drive thither the feet of your oxen and asses.
NET Bible
you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
New Heart English Bible
Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who set free the foot of the ox and the donkey.
The Emphasized Bible
How happy are ye who sow beside all waters, - Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.
Webster
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
World English Bible
Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Youngs Literal Translation
Happy are ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!
Themes
Agriculture » Operations in » Sowing
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Sowing
Bullock (ox) » Uses of » For plowing
Oxen » Illustrative » (engaged in husbandry,) of ministers
Oxen » Used for » Earing the ground
Rivers » Banks of » Peculiarly fruitful
Seed » Often sown beside rivers
Seed » Often trodden into the ground, by the feet of oxen, &c
Sowing » Spiritual, the blessings of
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Sowing, spiritual, the blessings of
Interlinear
Mayim
Shalach
Regel
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 32:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against The Carefree Women
19
But it will hail, when the forest comes down,
And the [capital] city will fall in utter humiliation.
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, [be diligently active, make thoughtful decisions], for you will
Isaiah 30:23-24
Then He will give you rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread [grain] from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your livestock will graze in large and roomy pastures.
Isaiah 19:5-7
The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
Isaiah 55:10-11
“For as the rain and snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth,
Making it bear and sprout,
And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
Acts 2:41
So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about
Acts 4:4
But many of those who heard the message [of salvation] believed [in Jesus and accepted Him as the Christ]. And the number of the men came to be about 5,000.
Acts 5:14
More and more believers in the Lord, crowds of men and women, were constantly being added to their number,
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was causing the growth.
1 Corinthians 9:9-11
For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain [to keep it from eating the grain].” Is it [only] for oxen that God cares?
James 3:18
And the seed whose fruit is righteousness (spiritual maturity) is sown in peace by those who make peace [by actively encouraging goodwill between individuals].