Parallel Verses

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 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.

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 Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated, 20 you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

Isaiah 30:23-24

He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

Isaiah 19:5-7

The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

Isaiah 55:10-11

The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.

Acts 2:41

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

Acts 5:14

More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

1 Corinthians 3:6

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

1 Corinthians 9:9-11

For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

James 3:18

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

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