Exodus Chapter 23 verse 11 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 23:11

but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, `and' with thy oliveyard.
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BBE Exodus 23:11

But in the seventh year let the land have a rest and be unplanted; so that the poor may have food from it: and let the beasts of the field take the rest. Do the same with your vine-gardens and your olive-trees.
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DARBY Exodus 23:11

but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie [fallow], that the poor of thy people may eat [of it]; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.
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KJV Exodus 23:11

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
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WBT Exodus 23:11

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy olive-yard.
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WEB Exodus 23:11

but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
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YLT Exodus 23:11

and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard -- to thine olive-yard.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) That the poor of thy people may eat.--For fuller particulars see Leviticus 25:1-7. The owner was to have no larger part of the seventh year's produce than any one else. He was to take his share with the hireling, the stranger, and even the cattle, which during this year were to browse where they pleased.Thy vineyard . . . Thy oliveyard.--These would bear a full average produce, and the boon to the poor man would in these respects have been very considerable. Corn, wine, and oil were the staple commodities of Palestine (Deuteronomy 8:8; 2Kings 18:32, &c.).Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewbut in the seventh [year]וְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞ת (wə·haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ)Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - ordinal feminine singularStrong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number)you must let it restתִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּה (tiš·mə·ṭen·nāh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 8058: To fling down, to jostle, to let alone, desist, remitand lie fallow,וּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּ (ū·nə·ṭaš·tāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 5203: To pound, smite, to disperse, to thrust off, down, out, uponso that the poorאֶבְיֹנֵ֣י (’eḇ·yō·nê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 34: In want, needy, pooramong your peopleעַמֶּ֔ךָ (‘am·me·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockmay eatוְאָֽכְלוּ֙ (wə·’ā·ḵə·lū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 398: To eatof the field,הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה (haś·śā·ḏeh)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7704: Field, landand the wild animalsחַיַּ֣ת (ḥay·yaṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, lifemay consumeתֹּאכַ֖ל (tō·ḵal)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 398: To eatwhat they leave.וְיִתְרָ֕ם (wə·yiṯ·rām)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 3499: An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small ropeDoתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 6213: To do, makethe sameכֵּֽן־ (kên-)AdverbStrong's 3651: So -- thuswith your vineyardלְכַרְמְךָ֖ (lə·ḵar·mə·ḵā)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 3754: A garden, vineyardand olive grove.לְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃ (lə·zê·ṯe·ḵā)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berryJump to PreviousAnimal Beast Beasts Deal Eat Fallow Field Grove Lie Manner Needy Olive Oliveyard Olive-Yard Orchard Poor Rest Seventh Unplowed Unused Vineyard Wild