24Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he all day opening and breaking the clods of his land?


In Context

21 For Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted act.

22 Now therefore be ye not scorners, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of hosts a consumption, and one determined, upon the whole land.

23 Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

24 Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he all day opening and breaking the clods of his land?

25 Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?

26 His God doth instruct him in his judgment, he doth teach him.

Isaiah 28:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:24When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:24Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:24Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:24Doth the plowman plow continually to sow? doth he continually open and break the clods of his ground?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:24Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:24The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:24Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground?