2 Esdras 16:43 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴³ He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that pruneth the vines, as he that shall not gather the grapes:

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Common English Bible

⁴³ Let one who does business be as one who makes no profit; one who builds as one who won’t get to live in the building;

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁴³ Farmers should not expect to harvest their crops or pick their grapes.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

⁴³ and he who sows, as if he wouldn’t reap, so also he who prunes the vines, as he who won’t gather the grapes,

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

⁴³ Farmers should not expect to harvest their crops or pick their grapes.

World English Bible British Edition

⁴³ and he who sows, as if he wouldn’t reap, so also he who prunes the vines, as he who won’t gather the grapes,

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁴³ let the one who sows be like one who will not reap; so also the one who prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes;

2 Esdras 16:43 Cross References