Psalms 129:7

In 11 translations

BSB

unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

KJV

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

WEB

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

ASV

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

LSV

That has not filled the hand of a reaper, || And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

YLT

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

DBY

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

DRC128:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

GNV

Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

JPS

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

LXXE128:7

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שֶׁלֹּ֤א מִלֵּ֖א כַפּ֥וֹ קוֹצֵ֗ר וְחִצְנ֥וֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃

LXX-Br128:7

Οὗ οὐκ ἐπλήρωσεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὁ θερίζων, καὶ τὸν κόλπον αὐτοῦ ὁ τὰ δράγματα συλλέγων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
• Isaiah 17:10–11For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines— though on the day you plant you…
• Psalms 126:6He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
• Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

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