Matthew Chapter 9 verse 38 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 9:38

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
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BBE Matthew 9:38

Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
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DARBY Matthew 9:38

supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest.
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KJV Matthew 9:38

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
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WBT Matthew 9:38


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WEB Matthew 9:38

Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."
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YLT Matthew 9:38

beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - Pray ye. Express it as your personal need (δεήθητε, here only in the New Testament outside the writings of St. Luke and St. Paul). Therefore. Since more workers are so greatly needed. The Lord of the harvest; cf. Clem. Romans, § 34, who illustrates the thought by a most interesting composite quotation of Isaiah 40:10 (Isaiah 62:11; Proverbs 24:12)and Revelation 22:12. That he will (omit with the Revised Version) send forth. (Ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ; ut ejieiat, Vulgate [Wordsworth and White], ut mittat, Vulgate [ordinary edition].) The verb suggests alike his constraining power and their separation from their previous position (cf. Matthew 7:4). Mr. J. A. Robinson's note, however, in the Cambridge 'Texts and Studies,' I. 3:124, shows that one must not lay much stress on the thought of constraint. Labourers into his harvest.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(38) The Lord of the harvest--i.e., the Father who had sent Him to be the Sower of the divine seed, and who, through Him, was about to send forth the labourers.