Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain. Young's Literal Translation Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you. King James Bible Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. Hebrew Sowזִרְע֨וּ (zir·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify for yourselves לָכֶ֤ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew righteousness לִצְדָקָה֙ (liṣ·ḏā·qāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively and reap the fruit קִצְר֣וּ (qiṣ·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest of loving devotion; חֶ֔סֶד (ḥe·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty break up נִ֥ירוּ (nî·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5214: To break up, freshly till your לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew unplowed ground. נִ֑יר (nîr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5215: Plowing, freshly plowed land For [it is] time וְעֵת֙ (wə·‘êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular Strong's 6256: Time, now, when to seek לִדְר֣וֹשׁ (liḏ·rō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while He comes יָב֕וֹא (yā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and sends righteousness צֶ֖דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity upon you לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew like rain. וְיֹרֶ֥ה (wə·yō·reh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach |
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