Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase,
New American Standard Bible
But if you say, “
King James Version
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Holman Bible
If you wonder: ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’
International Standard Version
"Now if you ask, "What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!'
American Standard Version
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;
Amplified
And if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow [seed] or gather in our crops?”
Bible in Basic English
And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase
Darby Translation
And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;
Julia Smith Translation
And when ye shall say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow and we shall not gather our produce.
King James 2000
And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if you should say, "What shall we eat in the seventh year, {if} we do not sow and we do not gather its yield?"
Modern King James verseion
And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'If ye shall say: What shall we eat the seventh year inasmuch as we shall not sow nor gather in our increase?
NET Bible
If you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?'
New Heart English Bible
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
The Emphasized Bible
And since ye may say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? Lo! we are not to sow, neither are we to gather our increase!
Webster
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase:
World English Bible
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
Youngs Literal Translation
'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?
Themes
Feast of sabbatical year » Surplus of sixth year to provide for
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown during the sabbatical year
Topics
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Zara`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 25:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Release Of Landed Property
19 And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell in safety in it. 20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase, 21 then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 25:4
but in the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to LORD. Thou shall neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Luke 12:29
And do not seek what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, and do not be unsettled.
Numbers 11:4
And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly. And the sons of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:13
From where should I have flesh to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
2 Kings 6:15-17
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?
2 Kings 7:2
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shall see it with thine eyes, but shall not eat of it.
2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
Psalm 78:19-20
Yea, they spoke against God. They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for LORD has spoken. I have nourished and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against me.
Matthew 6:25-34
Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?
Matthew 8:26
And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.
Hebrews 13:5-6
The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.