KJV King James Version
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 23:25
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
WEB World English Bible
When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain.
ASV American Standard Version
When thou comest into thy neighbor’s standing grain, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor’s standing grain.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
When thou comest in among the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou hast plucked the ears with thy hand, but a sickle thou dost not wave over the standing-corn of thy neighbour.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 23
22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
24 When thou comest into thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put [any] in thy vessel.
25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforתָבֹא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeבְּקָמַ֣תH7054 · qa.mahstanding grainרֵעֶ֔ךָH7453 · re.aneighborוְקָטַפְתָּ֥H6998 · qa.taphto pluckמְלִילֹ֖תH4425 · me.li.lahearבְּיָדֶ֑ךָH3027 · yadhandוְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙H2770 · cher.meshsickleלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתָנִ֔יףH5130 · nuphto sprinkleעַ֖לH5921 · aluponקָמַ֥תH7054 · qa.mahstanding grainרֵעֶֽךָ׃ סH7453 · re.aneighbor
Cross-references
Matthew 12:1-2At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.Mark 2:23And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.Luke 6:1-2And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Deuteronomy 23:25
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →