Isaiah 32:20

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Happy <FI>are<Fi> ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 32:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
  2. Isaiah 19:5The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
  3. Isaiah 30:23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
  4. Isaiah 55:10For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
  5. Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
  6. Acts 4:4But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
  7. Acts 5:14Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
  9. 1 Corinthians 9:9For 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?
  10. James 3:18Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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