Exodus 23:10

New Life Version

"You will plant seeds in your land for six years, and gather the grain.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

King James Version
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

Lexham English Bible
"‘And six years you will sow your land and gather its yield.

New Century Version
"For six years you are to plant and harvest crops on your land.

New English Translation
"For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce.

Amplified Bible
"You shall sow your land six years and harvest its yield,

New American Standard Bible
"Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its produce,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: Plant and harvest your crops for six years,

Complete Jewish Bible
"For six years, you are to sow your land with seed and gather in its harvest.

Darby Translation
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;

Easy-to-Read Version
"Plant seeds, harvest your crops, and work the ground for six years.

English Standard Version
"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield,

George Lamsa Translation
For six years you shall sow your land and shall gather in the crops thereof:

Good News Translation
"For six years plant your land and gather in what it produces.

Christian Standard Bible®
“Sow your land for six years and gather its produce.

Literal Translation
And you shall sow your land six years, and you shall gather its produce.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sixe yeares shalt thou sowe thy londe, and gather in the frute therof:

American Standard Version
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

Bible in Basic English
For six years put seed into your fields and get in the increase;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy lande, and gather in the fruites therof.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof;

King James Version (1611)
And sixe yeres thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruites thereof:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.

English Revised Version
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

Berean Standard Bible
For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sixe yeer thou schalt sowe thi lond, and thou schalt gadre fruytis therof;

Young's Literal Translation
`And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;

Update Bible Version
And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the increase thereof:

Webster's Bible Translation
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

World English Bible
"For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

New King James Version
"Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce,

New Living Translation
"Plant and harvest your crops for six years,

New Revised Standard
For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And six years, shalt thou sow thy land, - and shalt gather the yield thereof;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof.

Revised Standard Version
"For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;

THE MESSAGE
"Sow your land for six years and gather in its crops, but in the seventh year leave it alone and give it a rest so that your poor may eat from it. What they leave, let the wildlife have. Do the same with your vineyards and olive groves.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ "You will plant seeds in your land for six years, and gather the grain. ¹¹ But in the seventh year you will let the land rest without planting. So your people who are in need may eat. Whatever they leave, the animals may eat. You are to do the same with your grape-fields and olive trees. ¹² You will work six days and rest on the seventh day. So your bull and your donkey may rest. And the son of your female servant, and the stranger, may get their strength again. ¹³ Be careful to do all I have said to you. Never speak the name of other gods. Do not let them be heard from your mouth. ¹⁴ "Three times a year you will have a special supper to honor Me. ¹⁵ You will have the special supper of bread without yeast. For seven days you are to eat bread without yeast at the time I tell you in the month of Abib. For you came out of Egypt during this month. And no one will come before Me with nothing in his hands. ¹⁶ You will have the special supper of the gathering time of the first-fruits of your work, of all you plant in the field. And you will have the special supper of gathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your work from the field. ¹⁷ Three times a year all your males will come before the Lord God. ¹⁸ "Do not give the blood of My gift of worship with bread made with yeast. And the fat of My special supper is not to be kept all night until morning. ¹⁹ Bring the best first-fruits of your land to the house of the Lord your God. Do not boil the meat of a young goat in its mother's milk.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

six years: Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:4, Nehemiah 10:31

Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:12 - the oblation Leviticus 25:2 - a sabbath Deuteronomy 15:1 - General Jeremiah 34:8 - to proclaim Jeremiah 34:14 - At the

Cross-References

Genesis 23:1
Sarah lived 127 years. These were the years of Sarah's life.

Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife, and said to the sons of Heth,

Genesis 23:4
"I am a stranger living among you for a time. Give me some of your land so I may bury my wife."

Genesis 23:18
to Abraham for his own. It was handed over in front of the sons of Heth and all who came in through the gate of his city.

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left. He took with him all kinds of gifts from Abraham. Then he went to the city of Nahor in Mesopotamia.

Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city. And they said to the men of their city,

Genesis 34:24
All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem. And every man went through the religious act of having his flesh cut, all who went out of the gate of his city.

Job 29:7
When I went to the city gate and took my place with the leaders of the city,

Isaiah 28:6
He will be a spirit of what is fair to him who judges the people. He will be a strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Matthew 9:1
Jesus got into a boat. He crossed over to the other side and came into His own city.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And six years thou shall sow thy land, The land of Canaan, given to their ancestors and to them, and which they were now going to inherit; and when they came into it they were to plant it with vines and olives; or rather, these being ready planted, they were to prune and dress them; and they were to till their land, and plough it, and sow it with various sorts of grain, for six years running, from the time of their possession of it:

and shall gather in the fruits thereof; corn and wine, and oil, into their own garners, treasuries, and cellars, as their own property, to dispose of as they pleased for their own use and profit.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is the first mention of the Sabbatical year; the law for it is given at length in Leviticus 25:2. Both the Sabbatical year and the weekly Sabbath are here spoken of exclusively in their relation to the poor, as bearing testimony to the equality of the people in their covenant with Yahweh. In the first of these institutions, the proprietor of the soil gave up his rights for the year to the whole community of living creatures, not excepting the beasts: in the latter, the master gave up his claim for the day to the services of his servants and cattle.

Exodus 23:12

May be refreshed - Literally, “may take breath.”