Leviticus 25:3
New International Version
For six years sow your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.

New Living Translation
For six years you may plant your fields and prune your vineyards and harvest your crops,

English Standard Version
For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits,

Berean Standard Bible
For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

King James Bible
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

New King James Version
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit;

New American Standard Bible
For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its produce,

NASB 1995
‘Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop,

NASB 1977
‘Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop,

Legacy Standard Bible
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its produce,

Amplified Bible
For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop.

Christian Standard Bible
You may sow your field for six years, and you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce for six years.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You may sow your field for six years, and you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce for six years.

American Standard Version
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

Contemporary English Version
You may raise grain and grapes for six years,

English Revised Version
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then, for six years you may plant crops in your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather what they produce.

Good News Translation
You shall plant your fields, prune your vineyards, and gather your crops for six years.

International Standard Version
For six years you may plant your fields, and for six years you may prune your vineyard and gather its produce.

Majority Standard Bible
For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops.

NET Bible
Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce,

New Heart English Bible
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;

Webster's Bible Translation
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

World English Bible
You shall sow your field six years, and you shall prune your vineyard six years, and gather in its fruits;
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
[For] six years you sow your field, and [for] six years you prune your vineyard, and have gathered its increase,

Young's Literal Translation
'Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase,

Smith's Literal Translation
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather its produce;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof:

Catholic Public Domain Version
For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall care for your vineyard, and you shall gather its fruits.

New American Bible
For six years you may sow your field, and for six years prune your vineyard, gathering in their produce.

New Revised Standard Version
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in their yield;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Six years you shall sow your fields and six years you shall prune your vineyards and six years you shall gather in your produce;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Six years you shall sow your fields and six years you shall prune your vineyards and six years you shall be gathering your produce;
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shall prune thy vine, and gather in its fruit.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Sabbatical Year
2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD. 3For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops. 4But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.…

Cross References
Exodus 23:10-11
For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, / but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

Deuteronomy 15:1-2
At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. / This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

Deuteronomy 31:10-11
Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, / when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:21
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 34:14
Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.

Nehemiah 10:31
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.

Isaiah 37:30
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Ezekiel 46:17
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.

Genesis 2:2-3
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. / Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

Matthew 6:25-34
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? / Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? / Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ...

Luke 4:18-19
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Hebrews 4:9-10
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

Romans 8:21
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.


Treasury of Scripture

Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

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Leviticus 25
1. the Sabbath of the seventh year
8. The jubilee in the fiftieth year
14. Of oppression
18. A blessing of obedience
23. The redemption of land
29. Of houses
35. Compassion to the poor
39. The usage of bondmen
47. The redemption of servants














For six years
The phrase "for six years" sets a specific period of labor and cultivation, reflecting the biblical principle of work and rest. In the Hebrew context, the number six often symbolizes human effort and labor, as seen in the six days of creation where God worked before resting on the seventh. This period of six years is a divine allowance for human activity, emphasizing the importance of diligent work and stewardship of the land. It also foreshadows the Sabbath principle, which is deeply rooted in the rhythm of creation and the covenant relationship between God and His people.

you may sow your field
The act of sowing the field is a fundamental agricultural practice, representing the human responsibility to cultivate and care for the earth. In Hebrew, the word for "sow" (זָרַע, zara) carries the connotation of scattering seed, which is an act of faith, trusting that God will provide growth and harvest. This phrase underscores the partnership between divine providence and human effort, where God provides the resources and conditions, and humans are called to actively participate in the process of creation and sustenance.

and prune your vineyard
Pruning the vineyard is a metaphor for care and maintenance, ensuring that the vines remain healthy and productive. The Hebrew word for "prune" (זָמַר, zamar) also means to sing or make music, suggesting that this act of cultivation is not just a duty but a harmonious and joyful participation in God's creation. Vineyards in biblical times were significant for their economic and symbolic value, often representing abundance, blessing, and the fruitfulness of God's covenant with Israel.

and gather its crops
Gathering the crops is the culmination of the agricultural cycle, a time of harvest and celebration. The Hebrew term for "gather" (אָסַף, asaph) implies collecting and bringing together, which in a broader sense, can be seen as a reflection of God's gathering of His people. This phrase highlights the reward of faithful labor and the provision of God, who ensures that the land yields its produce. It also points to the eschatological hope of a final harvest, where God will gather His people into His eternal kingdom.

(3) Six years thou shalt sow.--See Exodus 23:10.

The fruit thereof.--That is, of the land which is mentioned in the preceding verse, and which includes fields, vineyards, olive-gardens, &c. (See Exodus 23:11.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For six
שֵׁ֤שׁ (šêš)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

years
שָׁנִים֙ (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8141: A year

you may sow
תִּזְרַ֣ע (tiz·ra‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

your field
שָׂדֶ֔ךָ (śā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

and prune
תִּזְמֹ֣ר (tiz·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2168: To trim, prune

your vineyard
כַּרְמֶ֑ךָ (kar·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3754: A garden, vineyard

and gather
וְאָסַפְתָּ֖ (wə·’ā·sap̄·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove

its crops.
תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃ (tə·ḇū·’ā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8393: Product, revenue


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