You will be happy as you sow seed beside abundant water, and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.

你们在各水边撒种、牧放牛驴的有福了！

然而你们在水边撒种，牧放牛驴的有福了！

然而你们在水边撒种，牧放牛驴的有福了！

你们这些在河边撒种、自由地牧放牛驴的人有福了！

你们这些在各水边撒种，又使牛驴随意走动的，是多么有福啊！

你们这些在各水边撒种、让牛驴自由走动的，是蒙福的人！

你們在各水邊撒種、牧放牛驢的有福了！

然而你們在水邊撒種，牧放牛驢的有福了！

然而你們在水邊撒種，牧放牛驢的有福了！

你們這些在河邊撒種、自由地牧放牛驢的人有福了！

你們這些在各水邊撒種，又使牛驢隨意走動的，是多麼有福啊！

有福啊，你們在各水邊撒種的，使牛驢腳踏遍地的！

你們這些在各水邊撒種、讓牛驢自由走動的，是蒙福的人！

爾曹播種諸水之濱、驅牛驢於彼者、福矣、

我之選民、驅牛叱驢、耕耘水畔、咸蒙福祉。

凡爾播種於諸水畔、隨在得牧牛驢者、即為有福、

how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.

But how blessed you people will be! You will plant your seeds by every stream. You will let your cattle and donkeys wander anywhere they want to.

Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

the Lord will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.

How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let the ox and the donkey out freely.

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

Those who sow seed are happy beside abundant waters; they let ox and donkey range freely.

Blessed[ are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth[ thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Send your bread on the surface of the water, for after many days you may find it.

Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder scattered with winnowing shovel and fork.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

The water of the sea will dry up, and the river will be parched and dry.The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the cultivated areas of the Nile will wither, blow away, and vanish.

For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. Is God really concerned about oxen?Isn’t he really saying it for our sake? Yes, this is written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing the crop.If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers— multitudes of both men and women.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.

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,so my word that comes from my mouth will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.”

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.