as you sow, so shall you reap

English

WOTD – 25 August 2022

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

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əz‿ju ˈsəʊ səʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹiːp/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əz‿ju ˈsoʊ soʊ‿ʃəl‿ju ˈɹip/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -iːp

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

Related terms

reap what one sows

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
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 करणी वैशी भरणी (jaisī karṇī vaiśī bharṇī)
Hungarian: ki mint vet, úgy arat (hu)
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

References

The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Galatians 6:7, column 2: “Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatſoeuer a man ſoweth, that ſhall he alſo reape.”