Hebrews 6:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the land that drinks in the rain that often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} the land{G1093} which{G3588} hath drunk{G4095} the rain{G5205} that cometh{G2064} oft{G4178} upon{G1909} it,{G846} and{G2532} bringeth forth{G5088} herbs{G1008} meet{G2111} for them{G1565} {G2532} for{G1223} whose{G3739} sake it is also tilled,{G1090} receiveth{G3335} blessing{G2129} from{G575} God:{G2316}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} the earth{G1093} which{G3588} drinketh in{G4095}{(G5631)} the rain{G5205} that cometh{G2064}{(G5740)} oft{G4178} upon{G1909} it{G846}, and{G2532} bringeth forth{G5088}{(G5723)} herbs{G1008} meet{G2111} for them{G1565}{G2532} by{G1223} whom{G3739} it is dressed{G1090}{(G5743)}, receiveth{G3335}{(G5719)} blessing{G2129} from{G575} God{G2316}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For that erth which drinketh in the rayne wich cometh ofte vpon it and bringeth forth erbes mete for them that dresse it receaveth blessynge of god.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For the earth, that drynketh in the rayne, which commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth forth herbes mete for them that dresse it, receaueth blessynge of God:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the earth which drinketh in the raine that commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth foorth herbes meete for them by whome it is dressed, receiueth blessing of God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For a land, drinking in the frequent rain and producing good plants for those for whom it is worked, has a blessing from God:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 27:27 : 27 So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled the scent of his garments, he blessed him and said, 'See, the scent of my son is like the scent of a field that the LORD has blessed.'
  • Lev 25:21 : 21 I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce enough for three years.
  • Deut 28:11-12 : 11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The LORD will open the heavens, His rich treasury, to give rain to your land in its season and bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
  • Ps 24:5 : 5 They will receive a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of their salvation.
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 The whole earth is awed by your signs; where morning dawns and evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. 10 You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it. 11 You water its furrows abundantly, settle its ridges, and soften it with showers, blessing its growth. 12 You crown the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with abundance. 13 The wilderness pastures overflow, and the hills are clothed with joy.
  • Ps 104:11-13 : 11 They give drink to every wild animal; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12 The birds of the sky nest nearby; they sing among the branches. 13 He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.
  • Ps 126:6 : 6 The one who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will surely return with joyful shouting, carrying their sheaves.
  • Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
  • Isa 55:10-13 : 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, providing seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 12 For you will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13 In place of the thornbush, the cypress will grow; and instead of the nettle, the myrtle will rise. This will be for the LORD's renown, an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
  • Ezek 34:26 : 26 I will make them and the areas surrounding My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing will come.
  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.
  • Joel 2:21-26 : 21 Do not be afraid, land of Judah; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things. 22 Do not be afraid, you animals of the field, for the pastures in the wilderness are green; the trees bear their fruit, the fig tree and the vine yield their abundance. 23 Be glad, children of Zion; rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as in the past. 24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil. 25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten—the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—my great army that I sent among you. 26 You will have plenty to eat, and you will be satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you, and never again will my people be put to shame.
  • Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.
  • Jas 5:7 : 7 Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

  • Ps 65:9-10
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    76%

    9 The whole earth is awed by your signs; where morning dawns and evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.

    10 You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have prepared it.

  • 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, providing seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

  • 6 Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.

  • 6 if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.

  • Job 38:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26 to water a land where no man lives, an uninhabited desert,

    27 to satisfy the desolate and waste ground and make the dry, barren land produce grass?

  • 10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.

  • 22 For those blessed by the LORD will inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

  • 7 Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

  • 11 But the land into which you are crossing to inherit is a land of hills and valleys that drinks water from the rain of heaven.

  • 6 Remember this: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • 1 Ask the LORD for rain in the spring season. It is the LORD who makes lightning flashes and provides abundant rain for everyone, giving vegetation in the fields.

  • 23 He will also send rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.

  • 26 I will make them and the areas surrounding My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in their season—showers of blessing will come.

  • Ps 104:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

    14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth,

  • 6 He will come down like rain upon cut grass, like showers that water the earth.

  • 4 then I will provide your rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

  • 37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards, which yielded a fruitful harvest.

  • 14 then I will provide the rain for your land in its proper season—the early rain and the late rain—so that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

  • 7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams of water, springs, and deep waters flowing out in valleys and hills.

  • 8 He covers the sky with clouds; He prepares rain for the earth; He makes the mountains sprout grass.

  • 6 But a mist would rise from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

  • 6 Blessed is the one whose strength is in You, whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

  • Job 36:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 For He draws up the drops of water; they distill as rain into His mist.

    28 The clouds pour it out; they drip upon mankind in abundance.

  • 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.

  • 34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

  • Gal 6:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.

    8 The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

    9 Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

  • 6 He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain showers, 'Be strong.'

  • 10 Therefore, because of you, the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops.

  • 4 Because the ground is cracked due to the lack of rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

  • 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

  • 20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, letting the oxen and the donkey roam freely.

  • 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • 28 The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

  • 17 Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no produce. Then you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.

  • 8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

  • 27 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live and send rain on the land You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

  • 3 For six years, you may sow your field and prune your vineyard, and gather its produce;

  • 6 They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes.

  • 6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.

  • 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

  • 8 They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.

  • 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.

  • 12 Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.