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AICNT Do you not say, ‘[Yet][fn] There are four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are white for harvest. {Already}[fn]
OEB Don’t you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!
LSB Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.
WEBBE 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.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Don’t you say, ‘There are four more months and then comes the harvest?’ I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!
LSV do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest comes; behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white to harvest already.
FBV Don't you have a saying, ‘four more months until harvest?’[fn] Open your eyes and look around! The crops in the fields are ripe, ready for harvest.
TCNT Do you not say, ‘There are [fn]still four months and then comes the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are already ripe for harvest.
T4T At this time of the year you are saying (OR, your ancestors used to say), ‘There are four months left before we harvest the crops.’ But I say to you, look carefully at the non-Jewish people around here. God says, ‘They are ready to accept my message [MET], like crops in fields that are ready for people to harvest.
LEB Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months and the harvest comes’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.[fn]
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.
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Wymth Do you not say, `It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains— they are already ripe for the sickle.
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.
DRA Do you not say, There are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries; for they are white already to harvest.
YLT do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.
Drby Do not ye say, that there are yet four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, for they are already white to harvest.
RV 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.
Wbstr Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
KJB-1769 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.
( Say not ye/you_all, There are yet four months, and then cometh/comes harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. )
KJB-1611 [fn]Say not ye, There are yet foure moneths, and then commeth haruest? Behold, I say vnto you, Lift vp your eyes, and looke on the fields: for they are white already to haruest.
(Say not ye/you_all, There are yet four months, and then cometh/comes harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields: for they are white already to harvest.)
Bshps Say not ye, there are yet foure monethes, and then commeth haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, lyft vp your eyes, and loke on the regions: for they are whyte alredy vnto haruest.
(Say not ye/you_all, there are yet four months, and then cometh/comes harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lyft up your eyes, and look on the regions: for they are white already unto harvest.)
Gnva Say not ye, There are yet foure moneths, and then commeth haruest? Beholde, I say vnto you, Lift vp your eyes, and looke on the regions: for they are white alreadie vnto haruest.
(Say not ye/you_all, There are yet four months, and then cometh/comes harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the regions: for they are white alreadie unto harvest. )
Cvdl Saye not ye youre selues: There are yet foure monethes, and then commeth the haruest? Beholde, I saye vnto you: lift vp youre eyes, and loke vpon the felde, for it is whyte allready vnto the haruest.
(Saye not ye/you_all yourselves: There are yet four months, and then cometh/comes the harvest? Behold, I say unto you: lift up your(pl) eyes, and look upon the field, for it is white allready unto the harvest.)
TNT Saye not ye: there are yet foure monethes and then cometh harvest? Beholde I saye vnto you lyfte vp youre eyes and loke on the regions: for they are whyte all redy vnto harvest.
(Saye not ye/you_all: there are yet four months and then cometh/comes harvest? Behold I say unto you lyfte up your(pl) eyes and look on the regions: for they are white all redy unto harvest. )
Wyc Whether ye seien not, that yit foure monethis ben, and rype corn cometh? Lo! Y seie to you, lifte vp youre iyen, and se ye the feeldis, for now thei ben white to repe.
(Whether ye/you_all said not, that yet four monthis ben, and rype corn cometh/comes? Lo! I say to you, lifte up your(pl) eyes, and see ye/you_all the fields, for now they been white to repe.)
Luth Saget ihr nicht selber: Es sind noch vier Monden, so kommt die Ernte? Siehe, ich sage euch: Hebet eure Augen auf und sehet in das Feld; denn es ist schon weiß zur Ernte;
(Saget you/their/her not selber: It are still four Monden, so comes the Ernte? See, I said you: Hebet your Augen on and sehet in the Feld; because it is schon know to Ernte;)
ClVg Nonne vos dicitis quod adhuc quatuor menses sunt, et messis venit? Ecce dico vobis: levate oculos vestros, et videte regiones, quia albæ sunt jam ad messem.[fn]
(Isn't_it you dicitis that adhuc four menses are, and messis venit? Behold dico vobis: levate oculos vestros, and videte regiones, because albæ are yam to messem. )
UGNT οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὅτι ἔτι τετράμηνός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται? ἰδοὺ, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας, ὅτι λευκαί εἰσιν πρὸς θερισμόν ἤδη.
(ouⱪ humeis legete, hoti eti tetramaʸnos estin kai ho therismos erⱪetai? idou, legō humin, eparate tous ofthalmous humōn kai theasasthe tas ⱪōras, hoti leukai eisin pros therismon aʸdaʸ.)
SBL-GNT οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι Ἔτι τετράμηνός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται; ἰδοὺ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας ὅτι λευκαί εἰσιν πρὸς θερισμόν· ἤδη
(ouⱪ humeis legete hoti Eti tetramaʸnos estin kai ho therismos erⱪetai; idou legō humin, eparate tous ofthalmous humōn kai theasasthe tas ⱪōras hoti leukai eisin pros therismon; aʸdaʸ)
TC-GNT Οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι [fn]Ἔτι [fn]τετράμηνός ἐστι, καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται; Ἰδού, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας, ὅτι λευκαί εἰσι πρὸς θερισμὸν ἤδη.
(Ouⱪ humeis legete hoti Eti tetramaʸnos esti, kai ho therismos erⱪetai; Idou, legō humin, eparate tous ofthalmous humōn, kai theasasthe tas ⱪōras, hoti leukai eisi pros therismon aʸdaʸ. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὅτι ἔτι τετράμηνός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται?
not you_all /are/_saying ¬that still four_month ˱it˲_is and the harvest /is/_coming
Jesus is using the question form for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “You surely say, ‘There are still four months, and the harvest comes’!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδοὺ
behold
Jesus using the term Behold to call the disciples’ attention to what he is about to say. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use here.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν
lift_up the eyes ˱of˲_you_all
This phrase, lift up your eyes, is a common idiom in the Bible that is used to describe the act of looking at something or direct one’s own attention toward something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: “look”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας
see the fields
Jesus uses the word fields to refer to people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning with a simile or plainly. Alternate translation: “see these people who are like fields” or “see these people”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
λευκαί εἰσιν πρὸς θερισμόν ἤδη
white ˱they˲_are toward harvest already
Jesus uses the phrase white for harvest to say that people are ready to receive the message of Jesus, like fields that are ready to be harvested. If it would be helpful in your language, you could convey the meaning with a simile or do it plainly. Alternate translation: “they are like a field that is ready to be harvested” or “they are already ready to believe my message”
