Deuteronomy 23:25

Deuteronomy 23:25 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

25If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

25“When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you are not to 23:25 Lit brandishuse a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

25“When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor’s standing grain.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

25“When you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, you may 23:25 When Jesus and His disciples picked some grain in this manner, they were not charged with theft by the Pharisees, but of doing work on the Sabbath, which was clearly not the case (Matt 12:1-6).pluck the ears of grain with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor’s standing grain [to harvest it].

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

25When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

25When you enter your neighbor’s field, you can pick heads of grain. But don’t cut down their standing grain.

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