Psalms 107:37
35 He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
38 He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
39 When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
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- BSB
- They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.
- KJV
- And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
- WEB
- sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.
- ASV
- And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.
- DARBY
- And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase;
- BLB
- And there they sow fields and plant vineyards, that they may yield the fruit of produce.
- ÅB
- Og de tilsådde akrer og plantet vingårder, og de vant den frukt de bar.
- OTB
- Og dyrke marker og plante vingårder,
Og samle en fruktbar høst. - B1930
- Og de tilsådde akrer og plantet vingårder, og de vant den frukt de bar.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:10
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:30
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:5
“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
Read in contextZechariah 8:12
“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
Read in contextGenesis 26:12
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Read in contextHaggai 1:10–11
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
Read in contextEzekiel 28:26
And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”
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