Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

How happy are ye who sow beside all waters, - Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.

New American Standard Bible

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who let out freely the ox and the donkey.

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

Those who sow seed are happy
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.

Amplified


Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.

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.

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!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אשׁר 
'esher 
Usage: 45

are ye that sow
זרע 
Zara` 
Usage: 56

שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

of the ox
שׁור 
Showr 
ox, bullock, cow, bull, wall
Usage: 78

References

Context Readings

Against The Carefree Women

19 But it shall hail during the felling of the forest, And in a sunken place, shall, the city, sink. 20 How happy are ye who sow beside all waters, - Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters, - for, after many days, shalt thou find it:

Isaiah 30:23-24

Then will he give - Rain for thy seed - wherewith thou shalt sow thy ground and Bread as the increase of thy ground, which shall be fertile and fat, - Thy cattle, in that day, shall feed in broad pasture:

Isaiah 19:5-7

And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream, - And the River, shall waste and be dry;

Isaiah 55:10-11

For, as the rain and the snow descend from the heavens. And thither, do not return, Except they have watered the earth. And caused it to bring forth and bud, - And given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

Acts 2:41

They, therefore, who welcomed his word, were immersed; and there were added, on that day, about three thousand souls.

Acts 4:4

Howbeit, many of them that heard the word, believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.

Acts 5:14

And, the more, were being added, when they believed in the Lord, throngs both of men and women; -

1 Corinthians 3:6

I, planted, Apollos, watered, - but, God, caused to, grow.

1 Corinthians 9:9-11

For, in the law of Moses, it is written - Thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the corn: - Is it, for the oxen, God is caring?

James 3:18

And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain