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<a href="/nasb_/hebrews/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and produces vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; <a href="/nasb/hebrews/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For ground that drinks the rain which often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; <a href="/lsb/hebrews/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; <a href="/amp/hebrews/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For soil that drinks the rain which often falls on it and produces crops useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God; <a href="/csb/hebrews/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For the ground that drinks the rain that often falls on it and that produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God. <a href="/asv/hebrews/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: <a href="/cev/hebrews/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A field is useful to farmers, if there is enough rain to make good crops grow. In fact, God will bless such a field. <a href="/erv/hebrews/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: <a href="/gwt/hebrews/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> God blesses the earth. So rain often falls on it, and it produces useful crops for farmers. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> God blesses the soil which drinks in the rain that often falls on it and which grows plants that are useful to those for whom it is cultivated. <a href="/isv/hebrews/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> For when the ground soaks up rain that often falls on it and continues producing vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated, it receives a blessing from God. <a href="/msb/hebrews/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God. <a href="/net/hebrews/6.htm">NET Bible</a> For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it, and brings forth a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God; <a href="/wbt/hebrews/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs fit for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: <a href="/wey/hebrews/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing. <a href="/web/hebrews/6.htm">World English Bible</a> For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For the earth, having drunk in the rain coming on it many times, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom it is also dressed, partakes of blessing from God, <a href="/blb/hebrews/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For land having drunk in the rain coming often upon it and producing vegetation useful for those for the sake of whom also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God, <a href="/slt/hebrews/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon it, and bringing forth the vegetable fitting well to them by whom it is cultivated, receives commendation from God:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For the earth that drinketh in the rain which cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing from God. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For the earth accepts a blessing from God, by drinking in the rain that often falls upon it, and by producing plants that are useful to those by whom it is cultivated. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Ground that has absorbed the rain falling upon it repeatedly and brings forth crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly, and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For the earth which drinks in the rain that falls abundantly on it, and brings forth herbs useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But The Earth that drinks rain that comes to it often, and makes vegetation grow that is useful for those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For the land which drinks up the rain that comes often upon it, and produces herbs suitable for those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon her, and bringing forth the herb nutritious to those by whom it is also cultivated, receives blessings from God: <a href="/haweis/hebrews/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For the earth which imbibes the rain which often falls upon it, and bringeth forth herbage suitable for those by whom it is cultured, receiveth a blessing from God; <a href="/mace/hebrews/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for the earth which drinks up the frequent show'rs that fall upon it, and produces plants fit for the use of him that cultivates it, is stiled heavenly land: <a href="/wey/hebrews/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For the land which drank in the rain that often comes upon it, and brings forth an herb fit for those for whose sake also it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; <a href="/worsley/hebrews/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For as the earth, which imbibeth the rain that is frequently coming upon it, and produceth herbs fit for those by whom it is cultivated, receiveth a blessing from God: <a href="/parallel/hebrews/6-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=843" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/6.htm">A Call to Maturity</a> …6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame. 7<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: Gē (N-NFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">land</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: piousa (V-APA-NFS) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">that drinks in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5205.htm" title="5205: hyeton (N-AMS) -- Rain. From a primary huo; rain, especially a shower.">rain</a> <a href="/greek/4178.htm" title="4178: pollakis (Adv) -- Many times, often, frequently. Multiplicative adverb from polus; many times, i.e. Frequently.">often</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchomenon (V-PPM/P-AMS) -- To come, go. ">falling</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: ep’ (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">on</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">it</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5088.htm" title="5088: tiktousa (V-PPA-NFS) -- A strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o; to produce, literally or figuratively.">that produces</a> <a href="/greek/1008.htm" title="1008: botanēn (N-AFS) -- Fodder, food, herbage. From bosko; herbage.">a crop</a> <a href="/greek/2111.htm" title="2111: eutheton (Adj-AFS) -- Suitable, fit, useful. From eu and a derivative of tithemi; well placed, i.e. appropriate.">useful</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinois (DPro-DMP) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">to those</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: di’ (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">for</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hous (RelPro-AMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">whom</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1090.htm" title="1090: geōrgeitai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- To work the soil, cultivate the earth. From georgos; to till.">it is tended</a> <a href="/greek/3335.htm" title="3335: metalambanei (V-PIA-3S) -- From meta and lambano; to participate; genitive case, to accept.">receives</a> <a href="/greek/2129.htm" title="2129: eulogias (N-GFS) -- Adulation, praise, blessing, gift. ">the blessing</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> 8But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a> But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.” <a href="/luke/8-15.htm">Luke 8:15</a> But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop. <a href="/mark/4-20.htm">Mark 4:20</a> Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.” <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it. <a href="/james/3-18.htm">James 3:18</a> Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. <a href="/john/15-2.htm">John 15:2</a> He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a> I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing. <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a> But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. <a href="/colossians/1-6.htm">Colossians 1:6</a> that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-9</a> I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. / He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. ... <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a> He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. <a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">Jeremiah 17:7-8</a> But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. / He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit. <a href="/ezekiel/34-26.htm">Ezekiel 34:26-27</a> I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing. / The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-10.htm">Deuteronomy 11:10-12</a> For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden. / But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. / It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year. <a href="/genesis/2-5.htm">Genesis 2:5-6</a> Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. / But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft on it, and brings forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receives blessing from God:the earth.<a href="/deuteronomy/28-11.htm">Deuteronomy 28:11,12</a> And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee… <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Psalm 65:9-13</a> Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it… <a href="/psalms/104-11.htm">Psalm 104:11-13</a> They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst… by.<a href="/genesis/27-27.htm">Genesis 27:27</a> And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:<a href="/leviticus/25-21.htm">Leviticus 25:21</a> Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.<a href="/psalms/24-5.htm">Psalm 24:5</a> He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-14.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm">Cultivated</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-29.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-29.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">Frequent</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-5.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/romans/14-2.htm">Herbs</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-16.htm">Oft</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-16.htm">Often</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-7.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-11.htm">Producing</a> <a href="/acts/28-2.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-4.htm">Receives</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm">Receiveth</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-14.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-10.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">Share</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">Suitable</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm">Tilled</a> <a href="/philemon/1-11.htm">Useful</a> <a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Vegetation</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/6-14.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/james/5-7.htm">Crop</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-9.htm">Cultivated</a> <a href="/james/2-2.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/revelation/17-2.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-31.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-1.htm">Frequent</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-15.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-28.htm">Good</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Herbs</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-1.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-28.htm">Oft</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Often</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-21.htm">Producing</a> <a href="/james/5-7.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-8.htm">Receives</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-8.htm">Receiveth</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-10.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">Sakes</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Share</a> <a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Suitable</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-4.htm">Tilled</a> <a href="/job/15-3.htm">Useful</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Vegetation</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 6</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">He exhorts not to fall back from the faith;</a> 11. <a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">but to be steadfast,</a> 12. <a href="/hebrews/6-12.htm">diligent, and patient to wait upon God;</a> 13. <a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">because God is most sure in his promise.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div 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Rain is often seen as a blessing from God, essential for the fertility of the land (<a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a>). The land "drinking" the rain suggests receptivity and the natural process of absorbing what is provided by God. This can be seen as a metaphor for individuals who receive God's word and grace, paralleling the parable of the sower in <a href="/matthew/13-3.htm">Matthew 13:3-9</a>, where the seed represents the word of God and the soil represents the hearts of people.and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended The production of a useful crop signifies the expected outcome of receiving God's blessings and teachings. In the biblical context, fruitfulness is often associated with obedience and righteousness (<a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5-8</a>). The phrase implies that the land, or by extension, the believer, is expected to yield results that benefit others, aligning with the Christian call to bear fruit in keeping with repentance (<a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Matthew 3:8</a>). This reflects the communal aspect of faith, where one's spiritual growth contributes to the well-being of the community.receives the blessing of God Receiving God's blessing is a central theme in Scripture, often linked to obedience and faithfulness (<a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a>). In this context, the blessing is contingent upon the land's productivity, symbolizing the believer's fruitful life as a result of divine grace. This echoes the covenantal relationship between God and His people, where blessings are promised to those who follow His commandments. Theologically, it underscores the idea that spiritual growth and productivity are signs of God's favor and presence in one's life, as seen in the Beatitudes (<a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3-12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians, encouraging them to remain steadfast in their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jewish_christians.htm">Jewish Christians</a> The primary audience of the letter, who were facing persecution and were tempted to revert to Judaism. 3. <a href="/topical/a/agricultural_imagery.htm">Agricultural Imagery</a> The verse uses the metaphor of land and rain to illustrate spiritual truths about receiving God's blessings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/receiving_god's_provision.htm">Receiving God's Provision</a> Just as the land receives rain, believers are called to receive God's word and grace. This requires openness and readiness to be nourished by His truth. <a href="/topical/f/fruitfulness_as_evidence_of_faith.htm">Fruitfulness as Evidence of Faith</a> The production of a useful crop symbolizes the evidence of a genuine faith. Believers are encouraged to examine their lives for spiritual fruit as a sign of God's blessing. <a href="/topical/t/the_blessing_of_god.htm">The Blessing of God</a> God's blessing is not arbitrary but is given to those who are fruitful. This encourages believers to live lives that are pleasing to God, aligning with His purposes. <a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a> The context of Hebrews emphasizes perseverance. Just as the land must continually receive rain, believers must persist in their faith journey, continually seeking God's presence and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 6</a> <a href="/q/what_evidence_supports_the_ten_plagues.htm">What evidence supports the occurrence of the Ten Plagues?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'not_my_will'_mean.htm">What do 'Latter Rain' and 'Former Rain' mean?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_126_6_overstate_divine_aid.htm">Does Psalm 126:6 overstate divine intervention in harvest success, appearing to conflict with passages that emphasize human effort or natural processes?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_job_5_10_conflict_with_science.htm">In Job 5:10, how does asserting divine control over rain and crops stand against established meteorological science?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) For the earth.--Rather, For land which has drunk in. Land which not only receives but also drinks in abundance of rain (<a href="/deuteronomy/11-11.htm" title="But the land, where you go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water of the rain of heaven:">Deuteronomy 11:11</a>), in such a climate as is here thought of, must either "bring forth herbage" or be condemned as irretrievably barren.By whom it is dressed.--Rather, for whom it is also tilled. This clause is added to show that nothing is wanting on the part of the owner or of the tillers of the land.Receiveth blessing from God.--Receives as a reward a share in the blessing which God pronounces on the fruitful earth, resulting in increased fertility (<a href="/genesis/27-27.htm" title="And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:">Genesis 27:27</a>; <a href="/genesis/49-25.htm" title="Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:">Genesis 49:25</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/33-13.htm" title="And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,">Deuteronomy 33:13</a>). In the application of the parable, God is the owner of the land, men the tillers; men also are "God's field" (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-9.htm" title="For we are laborers together with God: you are God's husbandry, you are God's building.">1Corinthians 3:9</a>), who bring forth fruit unto God, . . . <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/6-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Land Γῆ (Gē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. that drinks in πιοῦσα (piousa) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. rain ὑετόν (hyeton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5205.htm">Strong's 5205: </a> Rain. From a primary huo; rain, especially a shower. often πολλάκις (pollakis) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4178.htm">Strong's 4178: </a> Many times, often, frequently. Multiplicative adverb from polus; many times, i.e. Frequently. falling ἐρχόμενον (erchomenon) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. on ἐπ’ (ep’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. it αὐτῆς (autēs) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. that produces τίκτουσα (tiktousa) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5088.htm">Strong's 5088: </a> A strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o; to produce, literally or figuratively. a crop βοτάνην (botanēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1008.htm">Strong's 1008: </a> Fodder, food, herbage. From bosko; herbage. useful εὔθετον (eutheton) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2111.htm">Strong's 2111: </a> Suitable, fit, useful. From eu and a derivative of tithemi; well placed, i.e. appropriate. to those ἐκείνοις (ekeinois) Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. for δι’ (di’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. whom οὓς (hous) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. it is tended γεωργεῖται (geōrgeitai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1090.htm">Strong's 1090: </a> To work the soil, cultivate the earth. From georgos; to till. receives μεταλαμβάνει (metalambanei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> From meta and lambano; to participate; genitive case, to accept. [the] blessing εὐλογίας (eulogias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2129.htm">Strong's 2129: </a> Adulation, praise, blessing, gift. of ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 6:7 For the land which has drunk (Heb. He. 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