Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
Leviticus 25:20 - Revised Standard Version And if you say, ‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we may not sow or gather in our crop?’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you say, What shall we eat in the seventh year if we are not to sow or gather in our increase? American Standard Version (1901) And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase; Common English Bible Suppose you ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t plant or gather our crops then?” Catholic Public Domain Version But if you will say: What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not sow and do not gather our produce? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits? |
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do about the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The Lord is able to give you much more than this.”
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Sons have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill, and dwell in it securely.
but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
The sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired servant and the sojourner who lives with you;
Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’
Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving; and the people of Israel also wept again, and said, “O that we had meat to eat!
And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O men of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind.
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.