Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the ground,
1 Corinthians 15:36 - Revised Standard Version You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the ground,
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
And he said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
And what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
Do you want to be shown, you shallow man, that faith apart from works is barren?