Leviticus 25:4

Leviticus 25:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
• New International Version (NIV)But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

Context of Leviticus 25:4

2The Lord said, ‘Speak to Israel's people. They will go into the land that I will give to them. Then the land must have a Sabbath rest to the Lord. 3They can plant seeds in the fields for six years. They can cut the leaves of the plants and they can harvest the fruit for six years. In the seventh year, the land must have a rest. They must not plant seeds in the fields or cut the leaves. 5They must not harvest fruit or grain. The land must have a year for rest. 6All of the people can eat anything that grows by itself in the Sabbath year. That will be food for you and for your servants and for your animals. And other people who live among you can eat it.

Leviticus 25:4 word by word

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗ת שַׁבַּ֤ת שַׁבָּתוֹן֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָאָ֔רֶץ שַׁבָּ֖ת לַיהוָ֑ה שָֽׂדְךָ֙ לֹ֣א תִזְרָ֔ע וְכַרְמְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תִזְמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But in the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• shall be a sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• of restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôn · sabbath observanceH7677
• unto the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thou shalt neither sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• thy fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• nor pruneזָמַרzâmar · to pruneH2168
• thy vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754

Cross-references for Leviticus 25:4

• Leviticus 25:20The people may ask what they will eat in the seventh year. They will not have planted any seeds.
• Leviticus 26:34The land will have a Sabbath rest while there are no people in it.
• Exodus 23:10You must plant seed in your fields for six years. Then you can bring your crops home at harvest time.
• 2 Chronicles 36:21In this way, the Lord's message that his prophet Jeremiah had spoken became true. The land of Judah was empty for 70 years. It was finally able to rest, like the rest on a Sabbath day.

Commentaries on Leviticus 25:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4A sabbath of rest - See Leviticus 23:3 note. The express prohibition of sowing and reaping, and of pruning and gathering, affords a presumption in favor of the sabbatical year beginning, like the year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:9, in the first month of the civil year Leviticus 23:24, the seventh of the sacred year, when the land was cleared of the crops of the preceding year. The great material advantage of the institution must have been the increased…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land: The idea of the Sabbath is that God rested, so people must rest also (see study note on Leviticus 19:30). This idea also applies to the land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-72-4. When ye come into the land which I give you--It has been questioned on what year, after the occupation of Canaan, the sabbatic year began to be observed. Some think it was the seventh year after their entrance. But others, considering that as the first six years were spent in the conquest and division of the land (Jos 5:12), and that the sabbatical year was to be observed after six years of agriculture, maintain that the observance did not commence…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 25:4

• Agriculture
• Holiday
• Pruning
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Accord
• Agriculture
• Compel
• Decay
• Festivals, Religious
• Fill
• Increase
• Redeem
• Redemption
• Rest

Commentaries on Leviticus 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings