Parallel Verses

Amplified


“For ten acres of vineyard will yield [only] one bath of wine,
And a homer (six bushels) of seed will produce [only] one ephah of grain.”

New American Standard Bible

“For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine,
And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain.”

King James Version

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

Holman Bible

For a ten-acre vineyard will yield
only six gallons,
and 10 bushels of seed will yield
only one bushel.

International Standard Version

For ten acres of vineyard will produce only one bath, and one omer of seed will produce only one ephah."

A Conservative Version

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield [but] an ephah.

American Standard Version

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.

Bible in Basic English

For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.

Darby Translation

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

Julia Smith Translation

For ten measures of a vineyard shall make one bath, and the seed of an omer shall make an ephah.

King James 2000

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and [the] seed of a homer will yield an ephah.

Modern King James verseion

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And ten acres of vines shall give but a quart, and thirty bushels of seed shall give but an ephah.

NET Bible

Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel."

New Heart English Bible

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah."

The Emphasized Bible

For, ten yokes of vineyard, shall yield one bath, - And the seed of a homer, shall yield an ephah,

Webster

Yes, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

World English Bible

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah."

Youngs Literal Translation

For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ten
עשׂרה עשׂר 
`eser 
Usage: 174

צמד 
Tsemed 
Usage: 15

כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

one
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 13

and the seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

of an homer
חמר 
Chomer 
Usage: 31

Context Readings

Woes On The Wicked

9
In my ears the Lord of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,
Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.
10 
“For ten acres of vineyard will yield [only] one bath of wine,
And a homer (six bushels) of seed will produce [only] one ephah of grain.”
11
Woe (judgment is coming) to those who rise early in the morning to pursue intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the night till wine inflames them!


Cross References

Leviticus 26:26

When I break your staff of bread [that is, cut off your supply of food], ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will ration your bread; and you will eat and not be satisfied.

Leviticus 27:16

‘And if a man consecrates to the Lord part of a field of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it; a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Ezekiel 45:10-11

“You shall have just balances and weights [on your scales and just measures], a just ephah [dry volume measure] and a just bath [liquid measure].

Joel 1:17


The seeds [of grain] shrivel under the clods,
The storehouses are desolate and empty,
The barns are in ruins
Because the grain is dried up.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”

Haggai 1:9-11

You look for much [harvest], but it comes to little; and even when you bring that home, I blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house, which lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house [eager to enjoy it].

Haggai 2:16

from that time when one came to a grain heap expecting twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, there would be only twenty.

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