Isaiah 32:20 “Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and d…”

Isaiah 32:20

Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

World English Bible

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

American Standard Version

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

Geneva Bible 1599

Blessed are ye that sowe vpon all waters, and driue thither the feete of the oxe and the asse.

Darby Translation

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

Young's Literal Translation

Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!

Bible in Basic English

Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

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Cross references

“Blessed”

Ecclesiastes 11:1 Isaiah 19:5–7 Acts 2:41 Acts 4:4 Acts 5:14 1 Corinthians 3:6

Ecclesiastes 11:1 · BSB

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

Isaiah 19:5–7 · BSB

The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

Acts 2:41 · BSB

Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

Acts 4:4 · BSB

But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

Acts 5:14 · BSB

Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

1 Corinthians 3:6 · BSB

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

“the ox”

1 Corinthians 9:9–11 Isaiah 30:24

1 Corinthians 9:9–11 · BSB

For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

Isaiah 30:24 · BSB

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.

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