John 4:37
Modern Translations
New International Version
Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.

New Living Translation
You know the saying, ‘One plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true.

English Standard Version
For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

Berean Study Bible
For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

New American Standard Bible
For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’

NASB 1995
"For in this case the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'

NASB 1977
“For in this case the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’

Amplified Bible
For in this case the saying is true, ‘One [person] sows and another reaps.’

Christian Standard Bible
For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For in this case the saying is true: One sows and another reaps.'

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In this respect the saying is true: 'One person plants, and another person harvests.'

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

NET Bible
For in this instance the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

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

King James 2000 Bible
And in this is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps.

New Heart English Bible
For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'

World English Bible
For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'

American King James Version
And herein is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps.

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

A Faithful Version
For in this the saying is true, that one sows and another reaps.

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

English Revised Version
For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For herein is the saying true, that one soweth, and an other reapeth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And herein is the saying true, that one soweth, and another reapeth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For herin is the prouerbe true: One soweth, another reapeth.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And herin is the sayinge true yt one soweth and another repeth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

Berean Literal Bible
For in this, the saying is true, that is, 'One is sowing, and another is reaping.'

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

Smith's Literal Translation
For in this the word is true, That one is sowing, and another reaping.

Literal Emphasis Translation
For in this the saying is true, That one is sowing and another reaping.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For in this is the saying true: That it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For in this the word is true: that it is one who sows, and it is another who reaps.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For in this is a word of truth, that 'One sows and another reaps.'

Lamsa Bible
For in this case the saying is true, One sows and another reaps.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For in this is the saying true, One sows and another reaps.

Godbey New Testament
For in this the word is true, that there is one sowing, and another reaping.

Haweis New Testament
For herein is the saying true, That one soweth and another reapeth.

Mace New Testament
upon this occasion, that saying is verified, "one soweth, and another reapeth."

Weymouth New Testament
For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

Worrell New Testament
For in this is the saying true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'

Worsley New Testament
for herein the saying is verified, that one soweth, and another reapeth,
















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