Though its root grows old in the earth and its stump dies in the ground,
1 Corinthians 15:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You foolish man! Every time you plant seed, you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up, and growing] unless it dies first. American Standard Version (1901) Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die: Common English Bible Look, fool! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t come back to life unless it dies. Catholic Public Domain Version How foolish! What you sow cannot be brought back to life, unless it first dies. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first. |
Though its root grows old in the earth and its stump dies in the ground,
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!
Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit.
And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?