Parallel Verses
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!
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
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 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 fruits, and you shall eat your fill and dwell in it in safety. 20 And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase! 21 Then I will command My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 25:4
But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for Jehovah. You shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.
Luke 12:29
And do not seek what you shall eat, nor what you shall drink, and stop being in anxiety.
Numbers 11:4
And the mixed multitude in their midst lusted with great lust. And the sons of Israel also turned and wept, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:13
From where should I get flesh to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat.
2 Kings 6:15-17
And the servant of the man of God arose early and went out. And, behold, an army surrounded the city, and horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?
2 Kings 7:2
And the third officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah would make windows in heaven, then this thing might be. And he said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.
2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give you much more than this.
Psalm 78:19-20
And they spoke against God; they said, Can God set a table in the wilderness?
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah has spoken, I have nursed and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against Me.
Matthew 6:25-34
Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 8:26
And He said to them, Why are you afraid, little-faiths? Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Hebrews 13:5-6
Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!"