Isaiah 32:20
18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
19 But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
- KJV
- Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
- WEB
- Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
- ASV
- Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
- DARBY
- Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.
- BLB
- Blessed [are] you⁺ [who] are sowing beside all waters, sending out the feet of the ox and the donkey.
- ÅB
- Lykkelige er dere som sår ved alle vann, som slipper oksen og eselet på frifot!
[^1]: Ofel-haugen i Jerusalem; 2KR 27, 3. NEH 3, 26 fg.
[^2]: fiendens veldige hær. - OTB
- Hvor velsignet dere vil være, når dere sår deres frø ved alle vann, og lar deres kveg og esler vandre fritt.
- B1930
- Lykkelige er I som sår ved alle vann, som slipper oksen og asenet på frifot!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:23–24
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:10–11
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Read in contextActs 2:41
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
Read in contextActs 5:14
Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
Read in contextJames 3:18
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Read in contextActs 4:4
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
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