Jeremiah 4:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³ For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your ground left uncultivated for a season, so that you may not sow among thorns.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Common English Bible

³ This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: Break up your hard rocky soil; don’t plant among the thorns.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: "Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns.

Jeremiah 4:3 Cross References

Genesis 3:18

thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field:

Exodus 23:11

but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Hosea 10:12

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Matthew 13:22

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Mark 4:7

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Luke 8:14

And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Luke 8:7

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.