King James Version

Exodus 23:10

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:

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וְשֵׁ֥שׁvesheshand sixשֵׁשׁconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.שָׁנִ֖יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).תִּזְרַ֣עtizrabearזָרַעverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH2232to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructifybear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אַרְצֶ֑ךָartsekhaearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְאָסַפְתָּ֖veasaftaand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).תְּבוּאָתָֽהּtevuatahfruitתְּבוּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8393income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively)fruit, gain, increase, revenue.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:

Young’s Literal Translation

'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;

World English Bible

“For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

Darby Translation

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;

Douay-Rheims

Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the fruits of it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἓξ ἔτη σπερεῖς τὴν γῆν σου, καὶ συνάξεις τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῆς.