Parallel Verses

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.

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 The forest will be flattened because of hail, and the city will be completely leveled. 20 How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who let out freely the ox and the donkey.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Isaiah 30:23-24

Jehovah will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures.

Isaiah 19:5-7

The waters of the Nile River will dry up. The riverbed will be parched and dry.

Isaiah 55:10-11

As the rain and the snow come down from the sky, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

Acts 2:41

Those who gladly received his word were baptized. About three thousand persons were added the same day.

Acts 4:4

Many who heard the word believed. There were about five thousand men.

Acts 5:14

More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God caused the growth.

1 Corinthians 9:9-11

It is written in the Law of Moses: You should not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads (threshes) out the grain. Does God care only about oxen?

James 3:18

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.

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