Luke 13:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Sir,' the gardener replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G1161} he answering{G611} saith{G3004} unto him,{G846} Lord,{G2962} let{G863} it{G846} alone{G863} this{G5124} year{G2094} also,{G2532} till{G2193} {G3755} I shall dig{G4626} about{G4012} it,{G846} and{G2532} dung{G2874} it:{G906}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G1161} he answering{G611}{(G5679)} said{G3004}{(G5719)} unto him{G846}, Lord{G2962}, let{G863} it{G846} alone{G863}{(G5628)} this{G5124} year{G2094} also{G2532}, till{G2193}{G3755} I shall dig{G4626}{(G5661)} about{G4012} it{G846}, and{G2532} dung{G906}{(G5632)}{G2874} it:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And he answered and sayde vnto him: LORde let it alone this yeare also till I digge rounde aboute it and doge it to se

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But he answered, and sayde: Syr, let it alone yet this yeare, tyll I dygge roude aboute it and donge it,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he answered, and said vnto him, Lord, let it alone this yeere also, till I digge round about it, and doung it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he aunswered, & sayde vnto him: Lorde, let it alone this yere also, tyll I dygge rounde about it, & dongue it.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung› [it]:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But the worker answered him,‘Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 32:11-13 : 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?" 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent concerning this disaster against your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you swore by yourself: 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and they shall inherit it forever.'
  • Exod 32:30-32 : 30 The next day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." 31 So Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, this people have committed a great sin; they have made themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin, please do so. But if not, then blot me out of the book You have written."
  • Exod 34:9 : 9 He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O Lord, please let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and our sin, and make us Your inheritance."
  • Num 14:11-20 : 11 The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, and I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they. 13 But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them. 14 They will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are among these people, that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. 15 If you put all these people to death as one man, the nations who have heard about your fame will say, 16 'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.' 17 Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared: 18 'The LORD is slow to anger, abundant in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion; yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity upon the children to the third and fourth generation.' 19 Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven them from Egypt until now. 20 The LORD replied, 'I have forgiven them, as you asked.'
  • Josh 7:7-9 : 7 Joshua said, "Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! 8 Pardon me, O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has turned its back and fled from its enemies? 9 The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of this and surround us. They will cut off our name from the earth. And then, what will you do for your great name?
  • Ps 106:23 : 23 So He said He would destroy them had not Moses, His chosen one, stood in the breach before Him to turn His wrath away from destroying them.
  • Jer 14:7-9 : 7 Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You. 8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only for a night? 9 Why are You like a man stunned, like a warrior unable to save? Yet You are in our midst, LORD, and Your name is called upon us. Do not abandon us!
  • Jer 14:13-18 : 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'" 14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts. 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who declare, 'No sword or famine will touch this land': By sword and famine, those prophets will meet their end. 16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I will pour out their wickedness upon them. 17 You are to speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day without ceasing, for the virgin daughter of my people has suffered a great shattering—a crushing blow, a grievous wound.' 18 If I go out into the field, I see those slain by the sword. If I enter the city, I see the agonies of famine. Even the prophet and the priest wander aimlessly in the land and have no understanding.
  • Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.'
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them.
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'
  • Rom 10:1 : 1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 In the hope that I may somehow provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

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