Isaiah 30:24
What does Isaiah 30:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 30:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
Context
v.23And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
v.24This passage
v.25And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 3:12
whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
- 1 Samuel 8:12
and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
- 1 Corinthians 9:9
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,
- Genesis 45:6
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
- Deuteronomy 21:4
and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
- Exodus 34:21
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
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