Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - For as the rain and snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth, Making it bear and sprout, And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
- 新标点和合本 - 雨雪从天而降，并不返回， 却滋润地土，使地上发芽结实， 使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 雨雪从天而降，并不返回， 却要滋润土地，使地面发芽结实， 使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 雨雪从天而降，并不返回， 却要滋润土地，使地面发芽结实， 使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮。
- 当代译本 - 雨雪从天降下，并不返回， 而是要滋润大地， 使地上的植物发芽生长， 叫播种的有种子， 吃饭的有食粮。
- 圣经新译本 - 雨雪怎样从天上降下来， 不再返回天上，却灌溉大地， 使地上的植物发芽结实， 使撒种的有种子，吃的人有粮食；
- 中文标准译本 - 雨雪怎样从天而降， 不徒然返回原处，却滋润大地， 使地上发芽结实，让播种的有种子，吃食的有粮食；
- 现代标点和合本 - 雨雪从天而降并不返回， 却滋润地土，使地上发芽结实， 使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 雨雪从天而降，并不返回， 却滋润地土，使地上发芽结实， 使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮。
- New International Version - As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
- New International Reader's Version - The rain and the snow come down from the sky. They do not return to it without watering the earth. They make plants come up and grow. The plants produce seeds for farmers. They also produce food for people to eat.
- English Standard Version - “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
- New Living Translation - “The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.
- Christian Standard Bible - For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
- New American Standard Bible - For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it produce and sprout, And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
- New King James Version - “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,
- American Standard Version - For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
- King James Version - For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
- New English Translation - The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.
- World English Bible - For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
- 新標點和合本 - 雨雪從天而降，並不返回， 卻滋潤地土，使地上發芽結實， 使撒種的有種，使要吃的有糧。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 雨雪從天而降，並不返回， 卻要滋潤土地，使地面發芽結實， 使撒種的有種，使要吃的有糧。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 雨雪從天而降，並不返回， 卻要滋潤土地，使地面發芽結實， 使撒種的有種，使要吃的有糧。
- 當代譯本 - 雨雪從天降下，並不返回， 而是要滋潤大地， 使地上的植物發芽生長， 叫播種的有種子， 吃飯的有食糧。
- 聖經新譯本 - 雨雪怎樣從天上降下來， 不再返回天上，卻灌溉大地， 使地上的植物發芽結實， 使撒種的有種子，吃的人有糧食；
- 呂振中譯本 - 『因為霖雨和雪怎樣從天上降下， 並不返回天上，乃是滋潤大地， 使地上生 五穀 ，發芽生長， 使撒種的有種子， 使喫飯的人有糧食，
- 中文標準譯本 - 雨雪怎樣從天而降， 不徒然返回原處，卻滋潤大地， 使地上發芽結實，讓播種的有種子，吃食的有糧食；
- 現代標點和合本 - 雨雪從天而降並不返回， 卻滋潤地土，使地上發芽結實， 使撒種的有種，使要吃的有糧。
- 文理和合譯本 - 譬諸雨雪、自天而降、不返於上、潤澤土壤、使之萌芽結實、以種與播者、以糧與食者、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 譬諸雨雪、自天降者、不能復歸於上、潤澤土壤、使之萌芽結實、耕者以為種、饑者以為食、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 譬諸雨雪、自天而降、不返於上、必滋潤土壤、使之萌芽結實、使播者有種、使饑者 饑者原文作欲食者 得食、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Así como la lluvia y la nieve descienden del cielo, y no vuelven allá sin regar antes la tierra y hacerla fecundar y germinar para que dé semilla al que siembra y pan al que come,
- 현대인의 성경 - 비와 눈이 하늘에서 내리면 다시 그리로 돌아가지 않고 땅을 적셔 싹이 나게 하며 열매가 맺히게 하여 파종할 씨앗과 먹을 양식을 주듯이
- Новый Русский Перевод - Как дождь и снег нисходят с небес и не возвращаются, не напоив землю, но делают ее способной рождать и произращать, чтобы она дала сеятелю зерно и едоку хлеб,
- Восточный перевод - Как дождь и снег нисходят с небес и не возвращаются, не напоив землю, но делают её способной рождать и произращать, чтобы она дала сеятелю зерно и едоку хлеб,
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Как дождь и снег нисходят с небес и не возвращаются, не напоив землю, но делают её способной рождать и произращать, чтобы она дала сеятелю зерно и едоку хлеб,
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Как дождь и снег нисходят с небес и не возвращаются, не напоив землю, но делают её способной рождать и произращать, чтобы она дала сеятелю зерно и едоку хлеб,
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Or, la pluie et la neige ╵qui descendent du ciel n’y retournent jamais sans avoir arrosé ╵et fécondé la terre, sans avoir fait germer ╵les graines qui s’y trouvent, sans fournir au semeur ╵le grain qu’il doit semer, et sans donner du pain ╵à tous ceux qui le mangent .
- リビングバイブル - 雨や雪は天から降って来て地をうるおし、 穀物を成長させ、 農夫には種を、空腹な人にはパンを与える。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Assim como a chuva e a neve descem dos céus e não voltam para eles sem regarem a terra e fazerem-na brotar e florescer, para ela produzir semente para o semeador e pão para o que come,
- Hoffnung für alle - Denkt an den Regen und den Schnee! Sie fallen vom Himmel und bleiben nicht ohne Wirkung: Sie tränken die Erde und machen sie fruchtbar; alles sprießt und wächst. So bekommt der Bauer wieder Samen für die nächste Aussaat, und er hat genügend Brot zu essen.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Như mưa và tuyết rơi từ trời xuống, và ở lại trên đất để đượm nhuần đất đai, giúp thóc lúa lớn lên, cung cấp hạt giống cho người gieo và bánh cho người đói,
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เฉกเช่นฝนและหิมะ โปรยลงมาจากฟ้าสวรรค์ และไม่กลับไปที่นั่น จนกว่าจะทำให้แผ่นดินโลกชุ่มฉ่ำ และทำให้พืชพันธุ์แตกหน่องอกงาม เพื่อให้มันเกิดเมล็ดสำหรับผู้หว่านและอาหารสำหรับผู้บริโภค
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะฝนและหิมะตกจากฟ้า และไม่ย้อนกลับขึ้นไป แต่รดแผ่นดินโลก ทำให้พืชงอกเติบโต ให้เมล็ดแก่ผู้หว่านและอาหารแก่ผู้รับประทานเช่นไร
Cross Reference
- 1 Samuel 23:4 - Then David inquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will hand over the Philistines to you.”
- Isaiah 5:6 - I will turn it into a wasteland; It will not be pruned or cultivated, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
- Psalms 72:6 - May he come down like rain on the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth.
- Psalms 72:7 - In his days may the righteous flourish, And peace abound until the moon is no more.
- Revelation 11:6 - These [two witnesses] have the power [from God] to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophesying [regarding judgment and salvation]; and they have power over the waters (seas, rivers) to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every [kind of] plague, as often as they wish.
- Psalms 65:9 - You visit the earth and make it overflow [with water]; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You provide their grain, when You have prepared the earth.
- Psalms 65:10 - You water its furrows abundantly, You smooth its ridges; You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.
- Psalms 65:11 - You crown the year with Your bounty, And Your paths overflow.
- Psalms 65:12 - The pastures of the wilderness drip [with dew], And the hills are encircled with joy.
- Psalms 65:13 - The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy and they sing.
- Isaiah 61:11 - For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, So the Lord God will [most certainly] cause righteousness and justice and praise To spring up before all the nations [through the power of His word].
- Ezekiel 34:26 - I will make them and the places around My hill (Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be [abundant] showers of blessing (divine favor).
- Hosea 10:12 - Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate]; Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing] Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.
- Deuteronomy 32:2 - Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the light rain upon the tender grass, And as the spring showers upon the herb.
- Isaiah 30:23 - Then He will give you rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread [grain] from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your livestock will graze in large and roomy pastures.
- 2 Corinthians 9:9 - As it is written and forever remains written, “He [the benevolent and generous person] scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, His righteousness endures forever!”
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 - Now He who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed for sowing [that is, your resources] and increase the harvest of your righteousness [which shows itself in active goodness, kindness, and love].
- 2 Corinthians 9:11 - You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous, and this [generosity, administered] through us is producing thanksgiving to God [from those who benefit].