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


In Context

21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

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

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

25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and rie in their place?

26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

Isaiah 28:24 in Other Translations

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 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?