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New Century Version

Leviticus 25:5

You must not cut the crops that grow by themselves after harvest, or gather the grapes from your vines that are not trimmed. The land will have a year of rest.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Agriculture;   Holiday;   Sanitation;   Year;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture;   Agriculture-Horticulture;   Reaping;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Sabbatical Year, the;   Harvest, the;   Holy Land;   Reaping;   Vineyards;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jubilee;   Poor;   Vine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nature;   Sabbatical year;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jubilee, Year of;   Sabbath;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Festivals, Religious;   Sabbatical Year;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Agriculture;   Nazarite;   Sabbatical Year;   Year;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Economic Life;   Festivals;   Leviticus;   Number Systems and Number Symbolism;   Pentateuch;   Sabbatical Year;   Seventy Years;   Vine;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Its;   Law;   Leviticus;   Nazirite;   Poverty;   Priests and Levites;   Sabbatical Year;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Debt, Debtor (2);   Nazirite;   Poverty (2);   King James Dictionary - Accord;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sabbatical Year;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Feasts;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jubilee;   Year sabbatical;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Beggar, Begging;   Law of Moses;   Poor;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Weeks;   Year;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Calendar;   Sabbath and Feasts;   Time Given to Religion;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accord;   Agrarian Laws;   Feasts, and Fasts;   Harvest;   Law in the Old Testament;   Leviticus;   Poor;   Reaping;   Sabbatical Year;   Vine;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Agriculture;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abrogation of Laws;   Botany;   Commandments, the 613;   Mishnah;   Nazarite;   Shebi'it;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
That which grows of itself of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
King James Version
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
Lexham English Bible
You must not reap your harvest's aftergrowth, and you must not harvest the grapes of your unpruned vines—it shall be a year of complete rest for the land.
New English Translation
You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of your unpruned vines; the land must have a year of complete rest.
Amplified Bible
'Whatever reseeds itself (uncultivated) in your harvest you shall not reap, nor shall you gather the grapes from your uncultivated vine, it shall be a year of sabbatical rest for the land.
New American Standard Bible
'You shall not reap your harvest's aftergrowth, and you shall not gather your grapes of untrimmed vines; the land shall have a sabbatical year.
Geneva Bible (1587)
That which groweth of it owne accorde of thy haruest, thou shalt not reape, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left vnlaboured: for it shalbe a yeere of rest vnto the land.
Legacy Standard Bible
What grows of its own accord from your harvest you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.
Contemporary English Version
This is to be a time of complete rest for your fields and vineyards, so don't harvest anything they produce.
Complete Jewish Bible
You are not to harvest what grows by itself from the seeds left by your previous harvest, and you are not to gather the grapes of your untended vine; it is to be a year of complete rest for the land.
Darby Translation
That which springeth up from the scattered seed of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thine undressed vines thou shalt not gather: a year of rest shall it be for the land.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must not cut the crops that grow by themselves after your harvest. You must not gather the grapes from your vines that are not trimmed. The land will have a year of rest.
English Standard Version
You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
George Lamsa Translation
That which grows of itself of your harvest you shall not reap, neither gather the grapes of your undressed vine; for it is the year of rest to the land.
Good News Translation
Do not even harvest the grain that grows by itself without being planted, and do not gather the grapes from your unpruned vines; it is a year of complete rest for the land.
Christian Standard Bible®
You are not to reap what grows by itself from your crop, or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. It is to be a year of complete rest for the land.
Literal Translation
You shall not reap that which grows of itself of your harvest; and you shall not gather the grapes of your unkept vine; it shall be a year of rest to the land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Loke what groweth of it self after thy haruest, thou shalt not reape it. And the grapes that growe without thy laboure, shalt thou not gather, for so moch as it is the yeare of the londes rest:
American Standard Version
That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
Bible in Basic English
That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That which groweth of the owne accorde of thy haruest, thou shalt not reape, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left behynde: for it is a yere of rest vnto the lande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
King James Version (1611)
That which groweth of it owne accord of thy haruest, thou shalt not reape, neither gather the grapes of thy Uine vndressed: for it is a yeere of rest vnto the land.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt not gather the spontaneous produce of thy field, and thou shalt not gather fully the grapes of thy dedication: it shall be a year of rest to the land.
English Revised Version
That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
Berean Standard Bible
You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
thou schalt not sowe the feeld, and thou schalt not kitte the vyner, thou schalt not repe tho thingis whiche the erthe bryngith forth `bi fre wille, and thou schalt not gadere the grapis of thi firste fruytis, as vyndage; for it is the yeer of restyng of the lond; but tho schulen be to you in to mete,
Young's Literal Translation
the spontaneous growth of thy harvest thou dost not reap, and the grapes of thy separated thing thou dost not gather, a year of rest it is to the land.
Update Bible Version
That which grows of itself of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
Webster's Bible Translation
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: [for] it is a year of rest to the land.
World English Bible
That which grows of itself of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
New King James Version
What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.
New Living Translation
And don't store away the crops that grow on their own or gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
New Life Bible
You will not gather what grows of itself in your field. And do not gather the fruit of the vines that have not been cared for. The land will have a Year of Rest.
New Revised Standard
You shall not reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your unpruned vine: it shall be a year of complete rest for the land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
that which groweth of itself of thy harvest, shalt thou not reap; and the grapes of thine unpruned vines, shalt thou not cut off: a year of sacred rest, shall there be to the land.
Douay-Rheims Bible
What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes or the firstfruits as a vintage. For it is a year of rest to the land.
Revised Standard Version
What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Your harvest's aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, 2 "Tell the people of Israel this: ‘When you enter the land I will give you, let it have a special time of rest, to honor the Lord . 3 You may plant seed in your field for six years, and you may trim your vineyards for six years and bring in their fruits. 4 But during the seventh year, you must let the land rest. This will be a special time to honor the Lord . You must not plant seed in your field or trim your vineyards. 5 You must not cut the crops that grow by themselves after harvest, or gather the grapes from your vines that are not trimmed. The land will have a year of rest. 6 "‘You may eat whatever the land produces during that year of rest. It will be food for your men and women servants, for your hired workers, and for the foreigners living in your country. 7 It will also be food for your cattle and the wild animals of your land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

groweth: 2 Kings 19:29, Isaiah 37:30

thy vine undressed: Heb. the separation

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:11 - ye shall

Cross-References

Genesis 24:36
Sarah, my master's wife, gave birth to a son when she was old, and my master has given everything he owns to that son.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived to be one hundred seventy-five years old.
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron east of Mamre. (Ephron was the son of Zohar the Hittite.)
Genesis 25:10
So Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah in the same field that he had bought from the Hittites.
Genesis 25:12
This is the family history of Ishmael, Abraham's son. (Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant, was Ishmael's mother.)
Genesis 25:21
Isaac's wife could not have children, so Isaac prayed to the Lord for her. The Lord heard Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant.
Genesis 25:23
The Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your body, and two groups of people will be taken from you. One group will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."
Psalms 68:18
When you went up to the heights, you led a parade of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who turned against you. And the Lord God will live there.
Matthew 11:27
"My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son, except the Father. And no one knows the Father, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell.
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All power in heaven and on earth is given to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap,.... That which sprung up of itself from grains of corn, shed in the harvest of the preceding year, without any ploughing or sowing; he might reap it, but not as at other times, the whole of it, and gather it as his own property, but only somewhat of it in common with others for his, present use:

neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed; which was on this year forbid to be dressed; the grapes of which he might gather in common with others, but not as in other years, all of them, and as peculiarly his own: the words may be rendered, "the grapes of thy separations" p; either such as in other years he used to separate for himself, and forbid others gathering them, but now made them common; or which he did not labour in the cultivation of, but abstained from it:

[for] it is a year of rest unto the land; which is repeated, that it may be observed.

p ענבי נזירך "uvas tuarum separationum", Pagninus, Montanus; so Drusius & Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Vine undressed - That is, “unpruned”; literally “Nazarite vine”, the figure being taken from the unshorn locks of the Nazarite. Numbers 6:5.


 
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