Isaiah 28:24

What does Isaiah 28:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 28:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?

Context

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

v.24This passage

v.25When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 4:3

    For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

  • Hosea 10:11

    And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loveth to tread out the grain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.

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