Imamat 26:4

26:4 I will give you your rains in their time so that ¹  the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. ² 

Imamat 26:2

26:2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence ³  my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:21

Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the Lord

1:21 This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow,

Yakobus 5:7

Patience in Suffering

5:7 So be patient, brothers and sisters, ⁴  until the Lord’s return. ⁵  Think of how the farmer waits ⁶  for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient ⁷  for it until it receives the early and late rains.

[26:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

[26:4]  ² tn Heb “the tree of the field will give its fruit.” As a collective singular this has been translated as plural.

[26:2]  ³ tn Heb “and my sanctuary you shall fear.” Cf. NCV “respect”; CEV “honor.”

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “brothers”; this phrase occurs again three times in the paragraph. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Or “advent”; or “coming” (also in v. 8).

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “Behold! The farmer waits.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Grk “being patient.”