For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and you shall be tilled and sown;
Parallel translations
- KJV For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
- BSB For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
- NKJV For indeed I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.
- NASB For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.
- NLT See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 46:11Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Hos 2:21–23It will happen in that day, I will respond,” says Yahweh, “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
- Ezek 36:34The land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.
- Zech 8:12“For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
- Rom 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Joel 3:18It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim.
- Ps 99:8You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
- Hag 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”
- Mal 3:10–11Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.
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