Parallel Verses
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?”
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;
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
Darby Translation
And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;
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 Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it. 20 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?” 21 then [this is My answer:] I will order My [special] blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce [sufficient] crops for three years.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 25:4
But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow [seed in] your field nor prune your vineyard.
Luke 12:29
Numbers 11:4
The
Numbers 11:13
Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, so that we may eat.’
2 Kings 6:15-17
The servant of the man of God got up early and went out, and behold, there was an army with horses and chariots encircling the city. Elisha’s servant said to him, “Oh no, my master! What are we to do?”
2 Kings 7:2
Then the royal officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “If the Lord should make windows in heaven [for the rain], could this thing take place?” Elisha said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but [because you doubt] you will not eat of it.”
2 Chronicles 25:9
Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents which I gave to the troops of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.”
Psalm 78:19-20
Then they spoke against God;
They said, “Can God prepare [food for] a table in the wilderness?
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth;
For the Lord has spoken:
“I have reared and brought up sons,
But they have rebelled against Me and have broken away.
Matthew 6:25-34
Matthew 8:26
He said to them,
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.
Hebrews 13:5-6
Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!”