Parallel Verses
- Christian Standard Bible - Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if they did, foreigners would swallow it up.
- 新标点和合本 - 他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风； 所种的不成禾稼，就是发苗也不结实； 即便结实，外邦人必吞吃。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们所栽种的是风， 所收割的是暴风； 禾稼不长穗， 无以制成面粉； 即便制成， 外邦人也必吞吃它。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们所栽种的是风， 所收割的是暴风； 禾稼不长穗， 无以制成面粉； 即便制成， 外邦人也必吞吃它。
- 当代译本 - 他们种的是风， 收的是暴风。 他们的庄稼长不出穗子， 产不出面粉。 就是有收成， 也要被外族人吃掉。
- 圣经新译本 - 他们播种的是风， 收成的是暴风。 生出来的苗没有麦穗， 不能做成面粉； 即或做成面粉，也必被别国的人吞吃。
- 现代标点和合本 - 他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风。 所种的不成禾稼，就是发苗也不结实， 即便结实，外邦人必吞吃。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风； 所种的不成禾稼，就是发苗，也不结实； 即便结实，外邦人必吞吃。
- New International Version - “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.
- New International Reader's Version - The Lord says, “Worshiping other gods is like worshiping the wind. It is like planting worthless seeds. Assyria is like a windstorm. That is all my people will harvest. There are no heads of grain on the stems that will come up. So they will not produce any flour. Even if they did produce grain, the Assyrians would eat all of it up.
- English Standard Version - For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.
- New Living Translation - “They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat. And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.
- New American Standard Bible - For they sow wind And they harvest a storm. The standing grain has no kernels; It yields no grain. If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it.
- New King James Version - “They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.
- Amplified Bible - For they sow the wind [in evil] And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster]. The standing grain has no growth; It yields no grain. If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.
- American Standard Version - For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
- King James Version - For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- New English Translation - They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
- World English Bible - For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
- 新標點和合本 - 他們所種的是風，所收的是暴風； 所種的不成禾稼，就是發苗也不結實； 即便結實，外邦人必吞吃。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們所栽種的是風， 所收割的是暴風； 禾稼不長穗， 無以製成麵粉； 即便製成， 外邦人也必吞吃它。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們所栽種的是風， 所收割的是暴風； 禾稼不長穗， 無以製成麵粉； 即便製成， 外邦人也必吞吃它。
- 當代譯本 - 他們種的是風， 收的是暴風。 他們的莊稼長不出穗子， 產不出麵粉。 就是有收成， 也要被外族人吃掉。
- 聖經新譯本 - 他們播種的是風， 收成的是暴風。 生出來的苗沒有麥穗， 不能做成麵粉； 即或做成麵粉，也必被別國的人吞吃。
- 呂振中譯本 - 因為他們種的是風， 收成的必是暴風； 發生的苗成不了禾稼， 也磨不出麵粉； 即使磨得出， 外族人也必吞喫。
- 現代標點和合本 - 他們所種的是風，所收的是暴風。 所種的不成禾稼，就是發苗也不結實， 即便結實，外邦人必吞吃。
- 文理和合譯本 - 彼眾所播者風、所穫者颶風、無有禾稼、其莖不實、即實、亦為外人所吞、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 彼所播者風、所穫者颶風、其所植者、不秀不實、即其有秋、必為異邦人所食、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼所播者風、所穫者暴風、所種者不長、即長不實、即實異邦人食之、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »Sembraron vientos y cosecharán tempestades. El tallo no tiene espiga y no producirá harina; si acaso llegara a producirla, se la tragarían los extranjeros.
- 현대인의 성경 - “그들은 바람을 심고 폭풍을 거둘 것이다. 심은 것이 줄기는 있어도 이삭이 없으므로 열매를 맺을 수 없고 또 열매를 맺는다 해도 외국인들이 그것을 먹을 것이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Люди сеют ветер, а пожнут бурю. У стебля пшеницы не будет колоса, и зерно не даст муки. А там, где пшеница произведет зерно, чужеземцы поглотят его.
- Восточный перевод - Люди сеют ветер, а пожнут бурю. У стебля пшеницы не будет колоса, и зерно не даст муки. А там, где пшеница произведёт зерно, чужеземцы поглотят его.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Люди сеют ветер, а пожнут бурю. У стебля пшеницы не будет колоса, и зерно не даст муки. А там, где пшеница произведёт зерно, чужеземцы поглотят его.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Люди сеют ветер, а пожнут бурю. У стебля пшеницы не будет колоса, и зерно не даст муки. А там, где пшеница произведёт зерно, чужеземцы поглотят его.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils ont semé le vent, ils moissonneront la tempête : “Blé sans épi ╵ne produira pas de farine.” Et même s’il en produisait, ce sont des étrangers ╵qui la dévoreraient.
- リビングバイブル - 彼らは風を蒔いて、つむじ風を刈り取る。 麦には穂が出ず、茎だけが立っている。 そのうち枯れて病気になり、実を結ばない。 たとえ実を結んでも、外国人に食べられてしまう。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Eles semeiam vento e colhem tempestade. Talo sem espiga; que não produz farinha. Ainda que produzisse trigo, estrangeiros o devorariam.
- Hoffnung für alle - Wer Wind sät, wird Sturm ernten. Wenn das Getreide nicht wächst, gibt es auch kein Mehl. Und selbst wenn sich ein paar Ähren fänden, würden Fremde sie verzehren!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng đã gieo gió và sẽ gặt bão. Cây lúa của chúng èo uột không sản xuất được gì để ăn. May ra nếu có hạt nào thì cũng bị những người xa lạ cướp mất.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “พวกเขาหว่านลม และเก็บเกี่ยวลมพายุหมุน ต้นข้าวไม่มีรวง มันจะไม่ให้ข้าวสำหรับทำแป้ง แม้มันจะเกิดผล แต่ชาวต่างชาติก็จะกลืนกินหมด
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ด้วยว่า พวกเขาหว่านลม และพวกเขาจะเก็บเกี่ยวลมพายุ ธัญพืชที่ยืนตั้งขึ้นไม่มีเมล็ด มันจะไม่ผลิตแป้งสาลี แต่ถ้าหากว่ามันมีเมล็ดได้ บรรดาคนต่างชาติก็จะกลืนกินมันเสีย
Cross Reference
- Deuteronomy 28:33 - A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 - This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?
- Hosea 2:9 - Therefore, I will take back my grain in its time and my new wine in its season; I will take away my wool and linen, which were to cover her nakedness.
- Hosea 10:12 - Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unplowed ground. It is time to seek the Lord until he comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain.
- Hosea 10:13 - You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers,
- 2 Kings 15:29 - In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee — all the land of Naphtali — and deported the people to Assyria.
- 2 Kings 13:3 - So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he handed them over to King Hazael of Aram and to his son Ben-hadad during their reigns.
- 2 Kings 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz sought the Lord’s favor, and the Lord heard him, for he saw the oppression the king of Aram inflicted on Israel.
- 2 Kings 13:5 - Therefore, the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped from the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel returned to their former way of life,
- 2 Kings 13:6 - but they didn’t turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit. Jehoahaz continued them, and the Asherah pole also remained standing in Samaria.
- 2 Kings 13:7 - Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.
- Jeremiah 12:13 - They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves but have no profit. Be put to shame by your harvests because of the Lord’s burning anger.
- Isaiah 17:11 - On the day that you plant, you will help them to grow, and in the morning you will help your seed to sprout, but the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
- Judges 6:3 - Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east came and attacked them.
- Judges 6:4 - They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.
- Judges 6:5 - For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to lay waste to it.
- Judges 6:6 - So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord.
- 2 Kings 15:19 - King Pul of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul seventy-five thousand pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom.
- Isaiah 66:15 - Look, the Lord will come with fire — his chariots are like the whirlwind — to execute his anger with fury and his rebuke with flames of fire.
- Hosea 7:9 - Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not notice.
- Nahum 1:3 - The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
- Job 4:8 - In my experience, those who plow injustice and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Galatians 6:7 - Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap,
- Proverbs 22:8 - The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.