Parallel Verses
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 - This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?
- Hosea 2:9 - Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my wine in its season, and I will take away my wool and my flax, which were to cover her nakedness.
- Hosea 10:12 - Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Hosea 10:13 - You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your warriors,
- 2 Kings 15:29 - In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
- 2 Kings 13:3 - And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.
- 2 Kings 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.
- 2 Kings 13:5 - (Therefore the Lord gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians, and the people of Israel lived in their homes as formerly.
- 2 Kings 13:6 - Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.)
- 2 Kings 13:7 - For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- Jeremiah 12:13 - They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
- Isaiah 17:11 - though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow, yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain.
- Judges 6:3 - For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.
- Judges 6:4 - They would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey.
- Judges 6:5 - For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in.
- Judges 6:6 - And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel cried out for help to the Lord.
- 2 Kings 15:19 - Pul the king of Assyria came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his hold on the royal power.
- Isaiah 66:15 - “For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
- Hosea 7:9 - Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not.
- Nahum 1:3 - The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Job 4:8 - As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
- Galatians 6:7 - Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
- Proverbs 22:8 - Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.