Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;
New American Standard Bible
But if you say, “
King James Version
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Holman Bible
If you wonder: ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’
International Standard Version
"Now if you ask, "What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!'
A Conservative Version
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase,
American Standard Version
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;
Amplified
And if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow [seed] or gather in our crops?”
Bible in Basic English
And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase
Julia Smith Translation
And when ye shall say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow and we shall not gather our produce.
King James 2000
And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if you should say, "What shall we eat in the seventh year, {if} we do not sow and we do not gather its yield?"
Modern King James verseion
And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'If ye shall say: What shall we eat the seventh year inasmuch as we shall not sow nor gather in our increase?
NET Bible
If you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?'
New Heart English Bible
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
The Emphasized Bible
And since ye may say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? Lo! we are not to sow, neither are we to gather our increase!
Webster
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase:
World English Bible
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
Youngs Literal Translation
'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?
Themes
Feast of sabbatical year » Surplus of sixth year to provide for
Seed » Mosaic laws respecting » Not to be sown during the sabbatical year
Topics
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Zara`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 25:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Release Of Landed Property
19 And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat and be satisfied, and dwell therein securely. 20 And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce; 21 then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, that it may bring forth produce for three years;
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 25:4
but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.
Luke 12:29
And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
Numbers 11:4
And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!
2 Kings 6:15-17
And when the attendant of the man of God rose early and went forth, behold, an army surrounded the city, with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
2 Kings 7:2
And the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what is to be done for the hundred talents which I have given to the troop of Israel? And the man of God said, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this.
Psalm 78:19-20
And they spoke against God: they said, Is God able to prepare a table in the wilderness?
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, ye heavens, and give ear, thou earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me.
Matthew 6:25-34
For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
Matthew 8:26
And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Philippians 4:6
Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
Hebrews 13:5-6
Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for he has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.