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Berean Standard Bible

“Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.”

John 4:35

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While the Samaritan woman hurries back to her town to tell people about Jesus, the disciples return with food and urge him to eat. He tells them he has food they do not know about: doing his Father's will.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

World English Bible (WEB)

Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest comes; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿No decís vosotros: Aun hay cuatro meses hasta que llegue la siega? He aquí os digo: Alzad vuestros ojos, y mirad las regiones, porque ya están blancas para la siega.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Ustedes dicen: “Todavía faltan cuatro meses para la cosecha”, pero yo les digo: ¡Fíjense bien en los campos sembrados! La cosecha ya está madura.

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