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


In Context

21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon- to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task.

22 Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land.

23 Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.

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

25 When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cummin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field?

26 His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.

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 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?