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

2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I am going to give you, then the land shall have a Sabbath to the Lord. 3For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its produce, but during the seventh year the land shall have a Sabbath rest, a Sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard. 5You shall not reap your harvest’s aftergrowth, and you shall not gather your grapes of untrimmed vines; the land shall have a sabbatical year. 6All of you shall have the Sabbath produce of the land as food; for yourself, your male and female slaves, and your hired worker and your foreign resident, those who live as strangers among you.

Leviticus 25:4 word by word

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

• the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• shall haveהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a Sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• restשַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôn · sabbath observanceH7677
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• you shall not sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• your fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• pruneזָמַרzâmar · to pruneH2168
• your vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754

Cross-references for Leviticus 25:4

• Leviticus 25:20But if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow nor gather in our produce?”
• Leviticus 26:34‘Then the land will restore its Sabbaths all the days of the desolation, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land will rest and restore its Sabbaths.
• Exodus 23:10“Now you shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield,
• 2 Chronicles 36:21to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept the Sabbath until seventy years were complete.

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