Isaiah 32:20
Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
In Context
19But the tall trees will come down with a great fall, and the town will be low in a low place.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 11:1Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Isaiah 30:23And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.
Acts 2:41Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
Acts 5:14And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
1 Corinthians 9:9For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:10-20
Joyful Prospects. ( b. c. 726.) 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up… Read the whole commentary →