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The Blessing of Obedience

Leviticus 25:20

In 11 translations

BSB
Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
KJV
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
WEB
If you said, “What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;”
ASV
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;
LSV
And when you say, What do we eat in the seventh year, behold, do we not sow, nor gather our increase?
YLT
'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?
DBY
And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;
DRC
But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?
GNV
And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere, for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase?
JPS
And if ye shall say: 'What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our increase';
LXXE
And if ye should say, What shall we eat in this seventh year, if we do not sow nor gather in our fruits?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכִ֣י תֹאמְר֔וּ מַה־נֹּאכַ֤֖ל בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת הֵ֚ן לֹ֣א נִזְרָ֔ע וְלֹ֥א נֶאֱסֹ֖ף אֶת־תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.Marks an anomalous form.
LXX-Br
Ἐὰν δὲ λέγητε, τί φαγόμεθα ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ἑβδόμῳ τούτῳ, ἐὰν μὴ σπείρωμεν μηδὲ συναγάγωμεν τὰ γεννήματα ἡμῶν;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 12:29And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
  • Leviticus 25:4But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
  • Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  • Numbers 11:13Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
  • Matthew 8:26“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
  • Matthew 6:25–34Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air: They do…
  • 2 Chronicles 25:9Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
  • 2 Kings 6:15–17When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?” “Do not be afraid,” Elisha…
  • Numbers 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
  • Hebrews 13:5–6Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be…
  • Psalms 78:19–20They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
  • 2 Kings 7:2But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you…

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