John 4:37 - Forerunner Commentary

John 4:37

35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes ^athe harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, ^bfor they are already white for harvest!

36 ^aAnd he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that ^bboth he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

37 For in this the saying is true: ^a‘One sows and another reaps.’

38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; ^aothers have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”

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39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him ^abecause of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”

40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

Verse Comparison: John 4:37

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American Standard Version
For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

Amplified® Bible
For in this the saying holds true, One sows and another reaps.

Contemporary English Version
So the saying proves true, "Some plant the seed, and others harvest the crop."

Darby English Version
For in this is [verified] the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps.

Good News Bible
For the saying is true, 'Someone plants, someone else reaps.'

International Standard Version
For in this respect the saying is true: 'One person sows, and another person harvests.'

King James Version
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

New American Standard Bible
"For in this {case} the saying is true, `One sows and another reaps.'

New International Version
Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.

New King James Version
For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For in this case the saying has accuracy, 'One sows and another reaps.'

Young's Literal Translation
for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

New English Translation
For in this instance the saying is true,¹ ‘One sows and another reaps.’

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