Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Proverbs 3 vs 26
American King James Version (AKJV) – Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
Amplified Bible (AMP) – Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?
American Standard Version (ASV) – Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value then they?
Basic Bible English (BBE) – See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
English Standard Version (ESV) – Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Good News Translation (GNT) – Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren’t you worth much more than birds?
God’s Word to The Nations (God’s word) – “Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or gather the harvest into barns. Yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?
King James Version (KJV) – Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
The Message Bible (MSG) – Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.
New American Standard Bible (NASB) – Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
New International Version (NIV) – Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
New King James Version (NKJV) – Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
New Living Translation (NLT) – Look at the birds. They don’t need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are.
Revised Standard Version (RSV) – Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Updated King James Version (UKJV) – Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are all of you not much better than they?
World English Bible (WEB) – See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) – look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?
Reflection
When you read from the previous verse (25), you’ll realize that God was telling us not to bother and worry ourselves because of the challenges and trials we go through.
Why does God allow Trials and Tribulations?
He knows that you have needs but all he wants is for you to depend on him completely, and put him first in all you do (Matthew 6 vs 33).
He wants you to believe that he is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all you could ever think of.
If he supplies the needs of the birds of the air who do not sow nor reap, nor gather into barns, how much more you that is even more valuable, who was created in his own image.
He will surely respond to your needs, you only need to trust, believe, and be patient with him.
