Luke 13:8
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
Luke 13:8 in other translations
| BSB | ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. |
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| WEB | He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. |
| ASV | And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: |
| YLT | ‘And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung; |
| DARBY | But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung, |
| BBE | And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile: |
| Webster | And he answering, said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: |
What does Luke 13:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 13:6-9
6-9. fig tree--Israel, as the visible witness of God in the world, but generally all within the pale of the visible Church of God; a familiar figure (compare Is 5:1-7; Joh 15:1-8, &c.). vineyard--a spot selected for its fertility, separated from the surrounding fields, and cultivated with special care, with a view solely to fruit. came and sought fruit--a heart turned to God; the fruits of righteousness; compare Mt…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 13:6-9
This parable of the barren fig-tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, except it brings forth fruit, will be cut down. This parable in the first place refers to the nation and people of the Jews. Yet it is, without doubt, for awakening all that enjoy the means of grace, and the privileges of the visible church. When God has borne long, we may hope that he will bear with us yet a…
Luke 13:8 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 13:8
- Romans 10:1
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
- 2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
- Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
- Jeremiah 15:1
Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Joshua 7:7-9
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
- Exodus 34:9
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
- Romans 11:14
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
- Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
- Numbers 14:11-20
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. …
- Jeremiah 14:7-9
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
- Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Exodus 32:11-13
And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
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Ex 32:11-13,30-32; 34:9; Nu 14:11-20; Jos 7:7-9; Ps 106:23
Jer 14:7-9,13-18; 15:1; 18:20; Joe 2:17; Ro 10:1; 11:14; 2Pe 3:9
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Context
- Luke 13:7
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
- Luke 13:8
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
- Luke 13:9
And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Luke 13:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El entonces respondiendo, le dijo: Señor, déjala aún este año, hasta que la excave, y estercole. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et répondant, il lui dit: Maître, laisse-le cette année aussi, jusqu’à ce que je l’aie déchaussé et que j’y aie mis du fumier; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er aber antwortet und sagt zu ihm: Herr, laß ihn noch dieses Jahr, bis ich um ihn graben und Dünger legen werde; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | At ille respondens, dicit illi: Domine dimitte illam et hoc anno, usque dum fodiam circa illam, et mittam stercora, |