Deuteronomy 22 · Verse 9

Deuteronomy 22:9

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
Deuteronomy 22:9, King James Version

Deuteronomy 22:9 in other translations

BSBDo not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
WEBYou shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest all the fruit be defiled, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
ASVThou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
YLT‘Thou dost not sow thy vineyard with divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.
DARBYThou shalt not sow thy vineyard with seed of two sorts, lest the whole of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the produce of thy vineyard, be forfeited.
BBEDo not have your vine-garden planted with two sorts of seed: or all of it may become a loss, the seed you have put in as well as the increase.
WebsterThou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, should be defiled.

What does Deuteronomy 22:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds--(See on Le 19:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Divers seeds - See the note on Lev 19:19.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:5-12

God's providence extends itself to the smallest affairs, and his precepts do so, that even in them we may be in the fear of the Lord, as we are under his eye and care. Yet the tendency of these laws, which seem little, is such, that being found among the things of God's law, they are to be accounted great things. If we would prove ourselves to be God's people, we must have respect to his will and to his glory, and…

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Deuteronomy 22:9 in the original Hebrew

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לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תִזְרַ֥עtiz.Ra'you will sowH2232
כַּרְמְךָ֖kar.me.Khavineyard yourH3754
כִּלְאָ֑יִםkil.'A.yimtwo kindsH3610
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
תִּקְדַּ֗שׁtik.Dashit should be set apartH6942
הַֽמְלֵאָ֤הham.le.'Ahthe full produceH4395
הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ha.Ze.ra'the seedH2233
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
תִּזְרָ֔עtiz.Ra'you will sowH2232
וּתְבוּאַ֖תu.te.vu.'Atand [the] produce ofH8393
הַכָּֽרֶם\׃\ \סha.Ka.remthe vineyardH3754

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 22:9

  • Leviticus 19:19

    Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:3

    But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  • Matthew 9:16

    No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

  • James 1:6-8

    But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

  • James 3:10

    Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

  • Romans 11:6

    And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

  • Matthew 6:24

    No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:12

    For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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shalt not sow.
Le 19:19; Mt 6:24; 9:16; Ro 11:6; 2Co 1:12; 11:3; Jas 1:6-8; 3:10
fruit of thy seed. Heb. fulness of thy seed.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 22:8

    When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

  • Deuteronomy 22:9

    Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.

  • Deuteronomy 22:10

    Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

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Deuteronomy 22:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No sembrarás tu viña de varias semillas, porque no se deprave la plenitud de la semilla que sembraste, y el fruto de la viña.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu ne sèmeras pas ta vigne de deux espèces de semence, de peur que la totalité de la semence que tu as semée et le rapport de ta vigne ne soient sanctifiés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du sollst deinen Weinberg nicht mit zweierlei Samen besäen, damit nicht die Fülle des Samens, den du gesät hast, und der Ertrag des Weinberges geheiligt werden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Non seres vineam tuam altero semine: ne et sementis quam sevisti, et quæ nascuntur ex vinea, pariter sanctificentur.