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English
Etymology
From Galatians 6:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”[1]
Pronunciation
Proverb
as you sow, so shall you reap
- The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.
- Synonyms: every man is the architect of his own fortune; sow the wind, reap the whirlwind; what goes around comes around
- Near-synonyms: as you make your bed, so you must lie in it; (archaic) as you have brewed, so you must drink
Translations
consequences of one’s actions to oneself are in proportion to one‘s good or bad intentions towards others
- Arabic: كَمَا تَدِينَ تُدَانُ (كَمَا تَزْرَعَ تَحْصِدُ) (kamā tadīna tudānu (kamā tazraʕa taḥṣidu))
- Armenian: ինչ որ ցանես, էն կհնձես (inčʻ or cʻanes, ēn khnjes)
- Bulgarian: какво́то посе́еш, това́ ще пожъ́неш (kakvóto poséeš, tová šte požǎ́neš)
- Catalan: tal faràs, tal trobaràs
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 出乎爾者、反乎爾者也 / 出乎尔者、反乎尔者也, 出乎尔者、反乎尔者 (chūhūěrzhě, fǎnhūěrzhěyě), 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆 / 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 (zh) (zhòngguādéguā, zhǒngdòudédòu), 種瓜得瓜 / 种瓜得瓜 (zh) (zhòngguādéguā), 種豆得豆 / 种豆得豆 (zh) (zhǒngdòudédòu)
- Danish: man ligger som man reder
- Dutch: wat je zaait zul je oogsten
- Faroese: sjálvgjørt er væl gjørt
- Finnish: sitä niittää mitä kylvää
- French: vous récolterez ce que vous semez
- Galician: quen pariu que arrole (literally “who gave birth must lull”), colleitar o que sementaches (literally “to reap what you sow”)
- Georgian: რასაც დასთეს იმას მოიმკი (rasac dastes imas moimḳi)
- German: man erntet was man sät
- Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís)
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hindi: जैसी करनी वैसी भरनी (jaisī karnī vaisī bharnī)
- Hungarian: ki mint vet, úgy arat (hu)
- Indonesian: ada ubi ada talas, ada budi ada balas
- Italian: raccogli quello che semini
- Japanese: 悪事身に返る (akuji mi ni kaeru, literally “your evil deeds come back to you”), 蒔いた種は刈らねばならない (maita tane wa karaneba naranai), 爾に出ずる者は、爾に反える (nanji ni izuru mono wa, nanji ni kaeru)
- Korean: 콩 심은 데 콩 나고 팥 심은 데 팥 난다 (ko) (kong simeun de kong nago pat simeun de pat nanda)
- Macedonian: што ќе посееш, тоа ќе ти никне (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe ti nikne); што ќе посееш, тоа ќе жнееш (što ḱe poseeš, toa ḱe žneeš)
- Mon: ညံၚ်ဗှ်ေဒြာတ်၊ ဆၜိုတ်ရတ်ဩောံဏောၚ်။ (ñaṃṅ bhe drāt, chaṗiut ratʼooṃ ṇoṅ.)
- Persian: کسی که خربزه میخورد، پای لرزش هم مینشیند
- Polish: kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę
- Portuguese: você colhe o que planta
- Romanian: ce semeni, aia culegi; culegi ceea ce semeni
- Russian: как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (ru) (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja), как посе́ешь, так и пожнёшь (kak poséješʹ, tak i požnjóšʹ), кто се́ет ветер, пожнёт бу́рю (kto séjet veter, požnjót búrju), что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ)
- Slovak: kto seje vietor, búrku žne
- Slovene: kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga, som man sår får man skörda
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: ne ekersen onu biçersin
- Urdu: جیسے کرنی ویسے بھرنی (jaise karnī vaise bharnī)
- Vietnamese: gieo nhân nào gặt quả nấy
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References
Further reading
- Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings: , New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 16.