⁷For the earth ^xwhich drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs ^ymeet ^zfor them ^||by whom it is dressed, ^xreceiveth blessing from God:

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Footnotes

yHist. of Susanna 15. Luke 9:62 in the Gk.
zSo 2 Tim. 2:6.
||Or, for. See ch. 2:9.

Cross references

x Ps. 65:10.
x Ps. 65:10.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God’s blessing.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those people for whose sake it is also cultivated, shares a blessing from God.