The Book of Mormon

Jacob 5:34

1830 Edition

And the servant sayeth unto his master, Behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive tree, they have nourished the roots, that they are alive, and they have not perished; wherefore, thou beholdest that they are yet good.

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And the servant sayethid unto his master,: Behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive tree, they have nourished the roots, that they are alive, and they have not perished; wherefore, thou beholdest that they are yet good.

Simple English

The servant said to his master: “Because you planted wild olive branches, they fed the roots. The roots are still alive. They haven’t died. You can see they are still good.”

Paraphrase

The servant replied, ‘Because you grafted in the wild olive branches, they’ve nourished the roots and kept them alive—they haven’t died. So the roots are still good.’