Unit 25

thereof

38 occurrences in 23 verses



Jacob 5:6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 33, 35, 37, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 65, 73



Jacob 5:6

And it came to pass that after many days

it began to put forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches;

but behold, the main top thereof began to perish.



Jacob 5:8

And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard,

I take away many of these young and tender branches,

and I will graft them whithersoever I will;

and it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree will perish,

I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself;

wherefore, I will take these young and tender branches,

and I will graft them whithersoever I will.



Jacob 5:9

Take thou the branches of the wild olive tree,

and graft them in, in the stead thereof;

and these which I have plucked off

I will cast into the fire and burn them,

that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.



Jacob 5:11

And the Lord of the vineyard caused

that it should be digged about, and pruned, and nourished,

saying unto his servant:

It grieveth me that I should lose this tree;

wherefore, that perhaps I might preserve the roots thereof

that they perish not, that I might preserve them unto myself,

I have done this thing.



Jacob 5:13

And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard,

whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee;

and I do it that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree;

and also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself;

for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.



Jacob 5:17

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked

and beheld the tree in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted;

and it had sprung forth and begun to bear fruit.

And he beheld that it was good;

and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.



Jacob 5:18

And he said unto the servant:

Behold, the branches of the wild tree

have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof,

that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength;

and because of the much strength of the root thereof

the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit.

Now, if we had not grafted in these branches,

the tree thereof would have perished.

And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit,

which the tree thereof hath brought forth;

and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season, unto mine own self.



Jacob 5:19

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:

Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard,

and behold if the natural branches of the tree

have not brought forth much fruit also,

that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.



Jacob 5:20

And it came to pass that they went forth

whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree,

and he said unto the servant:

Behold these;

and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit;

and he beheld also that it was good.

And he said unto the servant:

Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season,

that I may preserve it unto mine own self;

for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it,

and it hath brought forth much fruit.



Jacob 5:33

And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant:

What shall we do unto the tree,

that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self?



Jacob 5:35

And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant:

The tree profiteth me nothing,

and the roots thereof profit me nothing

so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.



Jacob 5:37

But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof;

and because that the wild branches have overcome the roots thereof

it hath brought forth much evil fruit;

and because that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit

thou beholdest that it beginneth to perish;

and it will soon become ripened,

that it may be cast into the fire,

except we should do something for it to preserve it.



Jacob 5:44

And thou beheldest that I also cut down

that which cumbered this spot of ground,

that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof.



Jacob 5:45

And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good fruit,

and a part thereof brought forth wild fruit;

and because I plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire,

behold, they have overcome the good branch that it hath withered away.



Jacob 5:46

And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care

which we have taken of my vineyard,

the trees thereof have become corrupted,

that they bring forth no good fruit;

and these I had hoped to preserve,

to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.

But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive tree,

and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire;

and it grieveth me that I should lose them.



Jacob 5:48

And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:

Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard —

have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good?

And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof,

behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots,

taking strength unto themselves.

Behold, I say,

is not this the cause

that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?



Jacob 5:52

Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these

which I have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard,

and let us graft them into the tree from whence they came;

and let us pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter,

and graft in the natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.



Jacob 5:53

And this will I do that the tree may not perish,

that, perhaps, I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine own purpose.



Jacob 5:58

And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard,

and we will trim up the branches thereof;

and we will pluck from the trees those branches

which are ripened, that must perish,

and cast them into the fire.



Jacob 5:59

And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may take strength

because of their goodness; and because of the change of the branches,

that the good may overcome the evil.



Jacob 5:60

And because that I have preserved the natural branches and the roots thereof,

and that I have grafted in the natural branches again into their mother tree,

and have preserved the roots of their mother tree,

that, perhaps, the trees of my vineyard may bring forth again good fruit

and that I may have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard,

and, perhaps, that I may rejoice exceedingly

that I have preserved the roots and the branches of the first fruit —



Jacob 5:65

And as they begin to grow

ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit,

according to the strength of the good and the size thereof;

and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once,

lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft,

and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard.



Jacob 5:73

And there began to be the natural fruit again in the vineyard;

and the natural branches began to grow and thrive exceedingly;

and the wild branches began to be plucked off and to be cast away;

and they did keep the root and the top thereof equal,

according to the strength thereof.