Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
In this respect the saying is true: "One person sows, and another person harvests.'
A Conservative Version
For in this the saying is true, One is who sows, and another who reaps.
American Standard Version
For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
So, the saying is true that one person plants and another harvests [the crop].
Anderson New Testament
For in this is the saying true, One sows and another reaps.
Common New Testament
For here the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
upon this occasion, that saying is verified, "one soweth, and another reapeth."
Darby Translation
For in this is verified the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.
Godbey New Testament
For in this the word is true, that there is one sowing, and another reaping.
Goodspeed New Testament
For here the saying holds good, 'One sows, another reaps.'
John Wesley New Testament
And herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Julia Smith Translation
For in this the word is true, That one is sowing, and another reaping.
King James 2000
And in this is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For in this [instance] the saying is true, 'It is one who sows and another who reaps.'
Modern King James verseion
And in this is the saying true, One sows and another reaps.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And herein is the saying true, That one soweth; And another reapeth.
Moffatt New Testament
That proverb, 'One sows and another reaps,' holds true here:
Montgomery New Testament
For in this respect the saying is true, 'One sows, another reaps.'
NET Bible
For in this instance the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'
New Heart English Bible
For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'
Noyes New Testament
And herein is fulfilled the true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Sawyer New Testament
For in this is the saying true; He that sows is one, and he that reaps is another.
The Emphasized Bible
For, herein, doth the saying, hold good, - One, is the sower, and, another, is the reaper.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For herein is the saying true, That one soweth and another reapeth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For here the proverb holds good--'One sows, another reaps.'
Webster
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Weymouth New Testament
For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'
Williams New Testament
For in this matter the adage is true, 'One sows, another reaps.'
World English Bible
For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'
Worrell New Testament
For in this is the saying true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'
Worsley New Testament
for herein the saying is verified, that one soweth, and another reapeth,
Youngs Literal Translation
for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.
Themes
Awakenings and religious reforms » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -Christ at samaria
religious Awakenings » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -Christ at samaria
Converts » Instances of » The samaritans
Jesus Christ » History of » Visits sychar and teaches the samaritan woman
Samaria » Country of » Jesus travels through
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Jesus visits; disciples made in
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 4:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Disciples And The Harvest
36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together. 37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain. 38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
Names
Cross References
Micah 6:15
You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.
Job 31:8
Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.
Judges 6:3
And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;
Luke 19:21
Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.