Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

For ten acres of vineyard will produce only one bath, and one omer of seed will produce only one ephah."

New American Standard Bible

“For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine,
And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain.”

King James Version

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

Holman Bible

For a ten-acre vineyard will yield
only six gallons,
and 10 bushels of seed will yield
only one bushel.

A Conservative Version

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield [but] an ephah.

American Standard Version

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.

Amplified


“For ten acres of vineyard will yield [only] one bath of wine,
And a homer (six bushels) of seed will produce [only] one ephah of grain.”

Bible in Basic English

For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.

Darby Translation

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

Julia Smith Translation

For ten measures of a vineyard shall make one bath, and the seed of an omer shall make an ephah.

King James 2000

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and [the] seed of a homer will yield an ephah.

Modern King James verseion

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And ten acres of vines shall give but a quart, and thirty bushels of seed shall give but an ephah.

NET Bible

Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel."

New Heart English Bible

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah."

The Emphasized Bible

For, ten yokes of vineyard, shall yield one bath, - And the seed of a homer, shall yield an ephah,

Webster

Yes, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

World English Bible

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah."

Youngs Literal Translation

For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ten
עשׂרה עשׂר 
`eser 
Usage: 174

צמד 
Tsemed 
Usage: 15

כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 13

and the seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

of an homer
חמר 
Chomer 
Usage: 31

Context Readings

Woes On The Wicked

9 The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has declared this so I could hear it: "Surely many houses will become desolate, great and beautiful houses, without occupants. 10 For ten acres of vineyard will produce only one bath, and one omer of seed will produce only one ephah." 11 "How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!

Cross References

Leviticus 26:26

When I destroy the source of your bread, ten women will bake bread in one oven. Then they'll return back your bread by weight. You'll eat but won't be satisfied.

Leviticus 27:16

"If a person consecrates to the LORD a portion of the field from his inheritance, then your valuation is to be based on its capacity for yielding a harvest. Each omer of barley is to be valued at 50 shekels of silver.

Ezekiel 45:10-11

"You're to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure!

Joel 1:17

Seeds shrivel within their furrows, the storehouses lie empty, and granaries stand in ruins because the grain has withered.

Haggai 1:6

You have sowed much but have reaped little. You have eaten but don't have enough to become satisfied. You have drunk but don't have enough to become intoxicated. You have clothed yourself but don't have enough to keep warm. And the hired laborer deposits his salary in a bag full of holes!'"

Haggai 1:9-11

"You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found! What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "It's because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house!

Haggai 2:16

When someone came to a pile of grain to get 20 measures, there were only ten. Or when someone approached the wine press to siphon out 50 measures, there were only 20.

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