KJV 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.
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Leviticus 25:5
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.
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BSB 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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 25
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
5 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.
6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that [are] in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
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אֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]סְפִ֤יחַH5599 · sa.phi.achoutpouringקְצִֽירְךָ֙H7105 · qa.tsirharvestלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתִקְצ֔וֹרH7114 · qa.tserbe shortוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עִנְּבֵ֥יH6025 · e.navgrapeנְזִירֶ֖ךָH5139 · na.zirNaziriteלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתִבְצֹ֑רH1219 · ba.tsarto gather/restrain/fortifyשְׁנַ֥תH8141 · sha.nehyearשַׁבָּת֖וֹןH7677 · shab.ba.tonsabbath observanceיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beלָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Isaiah 37:30And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.2 Kings 19:29And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
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