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


In Context

21 For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.

22 Now therefore don't be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

23 Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!

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

25 When he has leveled its surface, doesn't he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?

26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches 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 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 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?