Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
do not sow among the thorns.
New American Standard Bible
For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
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And
King James Version
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
International Standard Version
For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Break up your unplowed ground, and don't sow among thorns.
American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Amplified
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
And do not sow among thorns.
Bible in Basic English
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
Darby Translation
For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Julia Smith Translation
For thus said Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up to you the fallow ground, and ye shall not sow to thorns.
King James 2000
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up for yourselves prepared virgin soil, and you must not sow among thornbushes.
Modern King James verseion
For so says Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thus sayeth the LORD, to all Judah and Jerusalem, "Plow your land, and sow not among the thorns.
NET Bible
Yes, the Lord has this to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: "Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground, you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning; just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted, you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives.
New Heart English Bible
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
The Emphasized Bible
For thus saith Yahweh Unto the men of Judah and unto Jerusalem, Till ye the untilled ground, - And do not sow among thorns.
Webster
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
World English Bible
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
Youngs Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
Themes
Agriculture » Figurative » Fallow ground
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the heart
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 4:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For Repentance
2
in truth,
then the nations will be blessed
and will pride themselves in Him.
do not sow among the thorns.
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it
because of your evil deeds.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 10:12
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes
on you like the rain.
Matthew 13:7
Matthew 13:22
Mark 4:7
Luke 8:7
Luke 8:14
Genesis 3:18
and you will eat the plants of the field.
Mark 4:18-19
Galatians 6:7-8
Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,