John 4:38
Strong's Lexicon
I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

sent
ἀπέστειλα (apesteila)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

to reap
θερίζειν (therizein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2325: To reap, gather, harvest. From theros; to harvest.

what
(ho)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

have not worked for;
κεκοπιάκατε (kekopiakate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2872: From a derivative of kopos; to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard.

others
ἄλλοι (alloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

have done the hard work,
κεκοπιάκασιν (kekopiakasin)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2872: From a derivative of kopos; to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

{now} you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

have taken up
εἰσεληλύθατε (eiselēlythate)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

labor.
κόπον (kopon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2873: From kopto; a cut, i.e. toil, literally or figuratively; by implication, pains.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.

Young's Literal Translation
I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

New American Standard Bible
"I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

King James Bible
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."

New Living Translation
I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest."

English Standard Version
I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

New American Standard Bible
"I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

King James Bible
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I sent you to reap what you didn't labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor."

International Standard Version
I have sent you to harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you have adopted their work as your own."

NET Bible
I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

American Standard Version
I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.

English Revised Version
I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not laboured: others have laboured, and ye are entered into their labour.

Young's Literal Translation
I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.
















Cross References
John 4:37
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

John 4:39
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

John 17:18
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

2 Corinthians 10:15
Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 4:36
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

John 4:35
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

John 4:40
So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

John 4:41
And many more believed because of his own word;
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