English[edit]
It Shoots Further Than He Dreams by John F. Knott, March 1918.
Etymology[edit]
With reference to the Bible, Epistle to the Galatians, ch. 6, v.7 Gal.6.7
Pronunciation[edit]
reap what one sows (third-person singular simple present reaps what one sows, present participle reaping what one sows, simple past reaped what one sowed or reaped what one had sown, past participle reaped what one has sown or reaped what one had sown)
- (idiomatic) To receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as one's exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice.
- For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap.
- 2005, Tuesday November 15, PM Tony Blair, The Guardian
- "We will reap what we sow; live with what we do not act to change," he said.
Translations[edit]
receive justice
- Afrikaans: boontjie kry sy loontjie (af) (literally “small bean gets his small paycheck”)
- Ancient Greek: ὃ γὰρ ἐὰν σπείρῃ ἄνθρωπος, τοῦτο καὶ θερίσει (hò gàr eàn speírēi ánthrōpos, toûto kaì therísei)
- Esperanto: kiu semas venton, rikoltas fulmotendron
- Finnish: mitä kylvää, sitä niittää
- French: récolter ce qu’on a semé (fr), qui sème le vent récolte la tempête (fr)
- Georgian: რასაც დასთეს, იმას მოიმკი (rasac dastes, imas moimḳi)
- German: wer Wind sät, wird Sturm ernten (de), man erntet was man sät
- Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís), ό,τι σπέρνεις, θερίζεις (ó,ti spérneis, therízeis)
- Italian: si raccoglie ciò che si semina
- Japanese: 業によりて果を引く (ごうによりてかをひく, gō ni yorite ka o hiku), 自業自得 (ja) (じごうじとく, jigōjitoku)
- Korean: 콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 (ko) (kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda)
- Lithuanian: ką pasėsi tą ir pjausi
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- Macedonian: што си сеел, тоа ќе жнееш (što si seel, toa ḱe žneeš)
- Polish: nawarzyłeś piwa, to musisz je teraz wypić (pl)
- Portuguese: colher o que semear
- Romanian: culegi ceea ce semeni
- Russian: как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь (kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ), что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (ru) (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: an nì a chuireas duine is e a bhuaineas e
- Spanish: recoger lo que se siembra, en el pecado lleva la penitencia
- Swedish: som man sår får man skörda
- Thai: หว่านพืชเช่นไร ย่อมได้ผลเช่นนั้น (wàan pêut chên rai, yôm dâai pŏn châynánán)
- Turkish: ektiğini biçmek
- Uzbek: ekkaningni oʻrasan
- Vietnamese: gieo gió, gặt bão, gieo nhân nào, gặt quả ấy
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