(NIV)
‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
(ESV)
“When you
reap the
harvest of your
land, you shall not
reap your
field right up to its
edge, neither shall you
gather the
gleanings after your
harvest.
(NIV)
‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: “When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.
(ESV)
“
Speak to the
people of
Israel and
say to them, When you come
into the
land that I
give you and
reap its
harvest, you shall
bring the
sheaf of the
firstfruits of your
harvest to the
priest,
(NIV)
‘“When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the
Lord your God.”’
(ESV)
“And when you
reap the
harvest of your
land, you shall not
reap your
field right up to its
edge,
nor shall
you gather the
gleanings after your
harvest. You shall
leave them for the
poor and for the
sojourner: I am the
Lord your
God.”
(NIV)
Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest.
(ESV)
You shall not
reap what grows of
itself in your
harvest, or
gather the
grapes of your
undressed vine. It shall be a
year of
solemn rest for the
land.
(NIV)
The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines.
(ESV)
That
fiftieth year shall be a
jubilee for you; in it you shall neither
sow nor
reap what
grows of itself nor
gather the grapes from the
undressed vines.
(NIV)
The
Lord answered Moses, ‘Is the
Lord’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.’
(ESV)
And the
Lord said to
Moses, “Is the
Lord’s hand shortened?
Now you shall
see whether my
word will come
true for you
or not.”
(NIV)
They travelled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go round Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way;
(ESV)
From
Mount Hor they
set out by the
way to the
Red Sea, to go
around the
land of
Edom. And the
people became
impatient on the
way.
(NIV)
When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the
Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
(ESV)
“When you
reap your
harvest in your
field and
forget a
sheaf in the
field, you shall not go
back to
get it. It shall be for the
sojourner, the
fatherless, and the
widow that the
Lord your
God may
bless you in all the
work of your
hands.
(NIV)
Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the
Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.
(ESV)
So they put
away the
foreign gods from
among them and
served the
Lord, and
he became impatient over the
misery of
Israel.
(NIV)
With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
(ESV)
And when she
pressed him hard with her
words day after
day, and
urged him, his
soul was
vexed to
death.
(NIV)
So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters. As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.
(ESV)
So she
set out and
went and
gleaned in the
field after the
reapers, and she
happened to
come to the
part of the
field belonging to
Boaz, who was of the
clan of
Elimelech.
(NIV)
Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, ‘The
Lord be with you!’
‘The
Lord bless you!’ they answered.
(ESV)
And
behold,
Boaz came from
Bethlehem. And he
said to the
reapers, “The
Lord be with you!” And they
answered, “The
Lord bless you.”
(NIV)
Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, ‘Who does that young woman belong to?’
(ESV)
Then
Boaz said to his
young man who was in
charge of the
reapers, “
Whose young woman is
this?”
(NIV)
The overseer replied, ‘She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi.
(ESV)
And the
servant who was in
charge of the
reapers answered, “She is the young
Moabite woman, who came
back with
Naomi from the
country of
Moab.
(NIV)
She said, “Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.” She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.’
(ESV)
She
said, ‘
Please let me
glean and
gather among the
sheaves after the
reapers.’ So she
came, and she has
continued from early
morning until
now, except for a
short rest.”
(NIV)
Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.’
(ESV)
Let your
eyes be on the
field that they are
reaping, and
go after them. Have I not
charged the
young men not to
touch you? And when you are
thirsty,
go to the
vessels and
drink what the
young men have
drawn.”
(NIV)
At mealtime Boaz said to her, ‘Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.’
When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.
(ESV)
And at
mealtime Boaz said to her, “
Come here and
eat some
bread and
dip your
morsel in the
wine.” So she
sat beside the
reapers, and he
passed to her
roasted grain. And she
ate until she was
satisfied, and she had some
left over.
(NIV)
Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight.
(ESV)
Now the people of
Beth-shemesh were
reaping their
wheat harvest in the
valley. And when they
lifted up their
eyes and
saw the
ark, they
rejoiced to
see it.
(NIV)
Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plough his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
(ESV)
And he will
appoint for himself
commanders of
thousands and
commanders of
fifties, and some to
plow his
ground and to
reap his
harvest, and to
make his
implements of
war and the
equipment of his
chariots.
(NIV)
The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
(ESV)
When the
child had
grown, he
went out one
day to his
father among the
reapers.
(NIV)
‘This will be the sign for you, Hezekiah:
‘This year you will eat what grows by itself,
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
(ESV)
“And this shall be the
sign for you: this
year eat what grows of
itself, and in the
second year what
springs of the same. Then in the
third year sow and
reap and
plant vineyards, and
eat their
fruit.
(NIV)
As I have observed, those who plough evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
(ESV)
As I have
seen, those who
plow iniquity and
sow trouble reap the same.
(NIV)
‘Is my complaint directed to a human being?
Why should I not be impatient?
(ESV)
As for me, is my
complaint against
man?
Why should
I not be
impatient?
(NIV)
They gather fodder in the fields
and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
(ESV)
They
gather their
fodder in the
field,
and they
glean the
vineyard of the
wicked man.
(NIV)
You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
(ESV)
You have
cut short the
days of his
youth;
you have
covered him with
shame.
Selah
(NIV)
In the course of my life he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.
(ESV)
He has
broken my
strength in
midcourse;
he has
shortened my
days.
(NIV)
Those who sow with tears
will reap with songs of joy.
(ESV)
Those who
sow in
tears shall
reap with shouts of
joy!
(NIV)
a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,
nor one who gathers fill his arms.
(ESV)
with
which the
reaper does
not fill his
hand nor the binder of
sheaves his
arms,
(NIV)
The fear of the
Lord adds length to life,
but the years of the wicked are cut short.
(ESV)
The
fear of the
Lord prolongs life,
but the
years of the
wicked will be
short.
(NIV)
Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
(ESV)
Whoever sows injustice will
reap calamity,
and the
rod of his
fury will
fail.
(NIV)
Whoever watches the wind will not plant;
whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
(ESV)
He who
observes the
wind will
not sow,
and he who
regards the
clouds will
not reap.
(NIV)
It will be as when reapers harvest the standing corn,
gathering the corn in their arms –
as when someone gleans ears of corn
in the Valley of Rephaim.
(ESV)
And it shall be as when the
reaper gathers standing grain and his
arm harvests the
ears,
and as when
one gleans the ears of
grain in the
Valley of
Rephaim.
(NIV)
The bed is too short to stretch out on,
the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.
(ESV)
For the
bed is too
short to
stretch oneself on,
and the
covering too
narrow to
wrap oneself in.
(NIV)
‘This will be the sign for you, Hezekiah:
‘This year you will eat what grows by itself,
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
(ESV)
“And
this shall be the
sign for you: this
year you shall
eat what grows of
itself, and in the
second year what
springs from that. Then in the
third year sow and
reap, and
plant vineyards, and
eat their
fruit.
(NIV)
When I came, why was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Was my arm too short to deliver you?
Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
I turn rivers into a desert;
their fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.
(ESV)
Why, when I
came, was there
no man;
why, when I
called, was there no
one to
answer?
Is my
hand shortened, that it
cannot redeem?
Or have I
no power to
deliver?
Behold, by my
rebuke I
dry up the
sea,
I
make the
rivers a
desert;
their
fish stink for lack of
water and
die of
thirst.
(NIV)
Surely the arm of the
Lord is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
(ESV)
Behold, the
Lord’s hand is
not shortened, that it
cannot save,
or his
ear dull, that it
cannot hear;
(NIV)
Say, ‘This is what the
Lord declares:
‘“Dead bodies will lie
like dung on the open field,
like cut corn behind the reaper,
with no one to gather them.”’
(ESV)
Speak: “
Thus declares the
Lord,
‘The
dead bodies of
men shall
fall like
dung upon the
open field,
like
sheaves after the
reaper,
and
none shall
gather them.’”
(NIV)
They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.
They will bear the shame of their harvest
because of the
Lord’s fierce anger.’
(ESV)
They have
sown wheat and have
reaped thorns;
they have tired
themselves out but
profit nothing.
They shall be
ashamed of their
harvests because of the
fierce anger of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.
(ESV)
Now the
upper chambers were
narrower,
for the
galleries took more away
from them than from the
lower and
middle chambers of the
building.
(NIV)
‘They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.
(ESV)
For they
sow the
wind,
and they shall
reap the
whirlwind.
The
standing grain has no
heads;
it shall
yield no
flour;
if it were to
yield,
strangers would
devour it.
(NIV)
Sow righteousness for yourselves,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unploughed ground;
for it is time to seek the
Lord,
until he comes
and showers his righteousness on you.
(ESV)
Sow for yourselves
righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
break up your
fallow ground,
for it is the
time to
seek the
Lord,
that he may
come and
rain righteousness upon you.
(NIV)
But you have planted wickedness,
you have reaped evil,
you have eaten the fruit of deception.
Because you have depended on your own strength
and on your many warriors,
(ESV)
You have
plowed iniquity;
you have
reaped injustice;
you have
eaten the
fruit of
lies.
Because you have
trusted in your own
way and in the
multitude of your
warriors,
(NIV)
‘The days are coming,’ declares the
Lord,
‘when the reaper will be overtaken by the ploughman
and the planter by the one treading grapes.
New wine will drip from the mountains
and flow from all the hills,
(ESV)
“
Behold, the
days are
coming,”
declares the
Lord,
“when the
plowman shall
overtake the
reaper and the
treader of
grapes him who
sows the
seed;
the
mountains shall
drip sweet wine,
and all the
hills shall
flow with it.
(NIV)
You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
‘Does the
Lord become impatient?
Does he do such things?’
‘Do not my words do good
to the one whose ways are upright?
(ESV)
Should this be
said, O
house of
Jacob?
Has the Lord grown
impatient?
Are these his
deeds?
Do
not my
words do
good to him who
walks uprightly?
(NIV)
You will plant but not harvest;
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.
(ESV)
You shall
sow, but
not reap;
you shall
tread olives, but
not anoint yourselves with
oil;
you shall
tread grapes, but
not drink wine.
(NIV)
In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.
The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
(ESV)
In
one month I
destroyed the
three shepherds. But
I became
impatient with them,
and they also
detested me.
(NIV)
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? (ESV)
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
(NIV)
‘Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. “Master,” he said, “I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. (ESV)
He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,
(NIV)
‘His master replied, “You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? (ESV)
But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
(NIV)
Consider the ravens: they do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! (ESV)
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
(NIV)
I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.” (ESV)
for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’
(NIV)
‘His master replied, “I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? (ESV)
He said to him, ‘I will condemn you with your own words, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
(NIV)
Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. (ESV)
Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
(NIV)
Thus the saying “One sows and another reaps” is true. (ESV)
For here the saying holds true ‘One sows and another reaps.’
(NIV)
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labour.’ (ESV)
I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
(NIV)
If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?
(ESV)
If we have
sown spiritual things among
you, is it too
much if we reap material things from
you?
(NIV)
Remember this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
(ESV)
The point is
this: whoever
sows sparingly will
also reap sparingly,
and whoever
sows bountifully will
also reap bountifully.
(NIV)
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
(ESV)
Do
not be
deceived:
God is
not mocked,
for whatever one sows,
that will he
also reap.
(NIV)
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
(ESV)
For the one who
sows to his
own flesh will
from the
flesh reap corruption,
but the one who
sows to the
Spirit will
from the
Spirit reap eternal life.
(NIV)
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
(ESV)
And let us
not grow weary of
doing good,
for in
due season we will
reap if we do
not give up.
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