John 4:38
King James Version (KJV)
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
In context
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.
37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
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.
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 4:38 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
- WEB World English Bible
- I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
- BSB Berean Standard 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.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.
- YLT 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I sent you to reap that on which ye bestowed no labor: other men labored, and ye have entered into their labors.