Your livestock and the wild animals in your land will also be allowed to eat what the land produces.
Parallel translations
- WEB For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.
- KJV And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
- BSB and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.
- NKJV for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food.
- NASB Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its produce to eat.
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The Sabbath year's produce also fed the livestock and wild animals. God's provision extended even to the creatures.
Overview
God's care in the sabbatical year reached beyond people to domestic and wild animals, who shared in the land's free yield. This reveals the breadth of God's compassion over all his creation. It reminds us that the Creator sustains every living thing and calls his people to reflect that care.
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