Abraham agreed with Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
Joel 1:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The seed shrivels under the clods, the storehouses are desolate; the granaries are ruined because the grain has failed. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The seed [grain] rots and shrivels under the clods, the garners are desolate and empty, the barns are in ruins because the grain has failed. American Standard Version (1901) The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered. Common English Bible The grain shrivels under the shovels; the barns are empty. The granaries are in ruin because the grain has dried up. Catholic Public Domain Version The mules have rotted in their own manure, the barns have been demolished, the wine cellars have been destroyed, because the grain has been ruined. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded. |
Abraham agreed with Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?