Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof;

Six years shalt thou sow thy field, and six years shalt thou prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof,

'Six years thou dost sow thy field, and six years thou dost prune thy vineyard, and hast gathered its increase,

For six years put seed into your land, and for six years give care to your vines and get in the produce of them;

For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall care for your vineyard, and you shall gather its fruits.

Sex annis seminabis agrum tuum, et sex annis putabis vineam tuam, et fructum ejus colliges.

Vineyard - Rather, fruit-garden. The Hebrew word is a general one for a plantation of fruit-trees.

(a) Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
(a) The Jews began to count the year in September: for then all the fruits were gathered.

Six years thou shalt sow thy field,.... Under which is comprehended everything relating to agriculture, both before and after sowing, as dunging the land, ploughing and harrowing it, treading the corn, reaping and gathering it in; see Exodus 23:10,
and six years thou shall prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; which is not to be restrained to vineyards only, but to be extended to oliveyards, orchards and gardens, and to the planting and cultivating of them, and gathering in the fruits of them.