The Disciples Return and Marvel
John 4:37
In 9 translations
- BSB
- For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
- KJV
- And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
- WEB
- For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
- ASV
- For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
- LSV
- for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.
- YLT
- for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.
- DBY
- For in this is [verified] the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.
- DRC
- For in this is the saying true: That it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth.
- GNV
- For herein is the saying true, that one soweth, and an other reapeth.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἐστὶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐστὶν; Robinson–Pierpont add ὁ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ ὁ λόγος ἐστὶν ἀληθινὸς ὅτι Ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ σπείρων καὶ ἄλλος ὁ θερίζων·
- RP2018
- Ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ ὁ λόγος ἐστὶν ὁ ἀληθινός, ὅτι Ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ σπείρων, καὶ ἄλλος ὁ θερίζων.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐν γὰρ τούτῳ ὁ λόγος ἐστὶν ὁ ἀληθινός, ὅτι Ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ σπείρων, καὶ ἄλλος ὁ θερίζων.ὁ ¦ — SCR
- SCR1894
- εν γαρ τουτω ο λογος εστιν αληθινος οτι αλλος εστιν ο σπειρων και αλλος ο θεριζων
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Cross-references most cited first
- Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
- Job 31:8then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
- Luke 19:21For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
- Judges 6:3Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
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