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


In Context

21 For as at mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As at the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work — strange is His work, And to do His deed — strange is His deed.'

22 And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is for all the land.

23 Give ear, and hear my voice, Attend, and hear my saying:

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

25 Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie in its own border?

26 And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct 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 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 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?