Parallel Verses

King James 2000

Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.

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.

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!

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 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be brought low in humiliation. 20 Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.

Isaiah 30:23-24

Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.

Isaiah 19:5-7

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

Isaiah 55:10-11

For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Acts 2:41

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

Acts 4:4

But many of them who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

Acts 5:14

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

1 Corinthians 3:6

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

1 Corinthians 9:9-11

For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads out the grain. Does God care for oxen?

James 3:18

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.

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