Leviticus Chapter 25 verse 20 Holy Bible
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;
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And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase
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And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;
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And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
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And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase:
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If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
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`And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) What shall we eat the seventh year ?--The Lawgiver here anticipates an objection on the part of those who are called upon to abstain from cultivating the land in the sabbatical year, and who are overanxious about the provisions of their families.Behold, we shall not sow.--That is, are forbidden to sow. (See Leviticus 25:4.)Nor gather in our increase.--That is, we are even prohibited to gather the spontaneous growths and store them up, and are commanded to leave "the increase" in the field. (See Leviticus 25:7.)Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewNowוְכִ֣י (wə·ḵî)Conjunctive waw | ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionyou may wonder,תֹאמְר֔וּ (ṯō·mə·rū)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, say‘Whatמַה־ (mah-)InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whatwill we eatנֹּאכַ֤֖ל (nō·ḵal)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 398: To eatin the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֑ת (haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ)Article | Number - ordinal feminine singularStrong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number)yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣ה (baš·šā·nāh)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8141: A yearifהֵ֚ן (hên)InterjectionStrong's 2005: Lo! behold!we do notלֹ֣א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nosowנִזְרָ֔ע (niz·rā‘)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructifyor gatherנֶאֱסֹ֖ף (ne·’ĕ·sōp̄)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, removeour produce?’תְּבוּאָתֵֽנוּ׃ (tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯê·nū)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common pluralStrong's 8393: Product, revenueJump to PreviousCrop Crops Eat Food Gather Harvest Increase Plant Produce Seed Seventh Sow What