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


In Context

21 For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.

22 And now do not mock, lest your bonds be tied strait. For I have heard of the Lord the God of hosts a consumption and a cutting short upon all the earth.

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

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

25 Will he not, when he hath made plain the surface thereof, sow gith, and scatter cummin, and put wheat in order, and barley, and millet, and vetches in their bounds?

26 For he will instruct him in judgment : his God will 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:24Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he all day opening and breaking the clods of his land?

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?