Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil? New Living Translation Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting? English Standard Version Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground? Berean Standard Bible Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? King James Bible Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? New King James Version Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods? New American Standard Bible Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and break up his ground? NASB 1995 Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground? NASB 1977 Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground? Legacy Standard Bible Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow his ground? Amplified Bible Does the farmer plow all day to plant seed? Does he continually dig furrows and harrow his ground [after it is prepared]? Christian Standard Bible Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil? Holman Christian Standard Bible Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil? American Standard Version Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Does a farmer plough all day to sow and turn over and break up his ground? Brenton Septuagint Translation Will the ploughman plough all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground? Contemporary English Version Farmers don't just plow and break up the ground. Douay-Rheims Bible Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground? English Revised Version Doth the plowman plow continually to sow? doth he continually open and break the clods of his ground? GOD'S WORD® Translation Does a farmer go on plowing every day so he can plant? Does he continue to break up the soil and make furrows in the ground? Good News Translation Farmers don't constantly plow their fields and keep getting them ready for planting. International Standard Version Does he who plows for sowing plow all the time? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing his field? JPS Tanakh 1917 Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, With the opening and harrowing of his ground? Literal Standard Version Does the plowman plow the whole day to sow? He opens and harrows his ground! Majority Standard Bible Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? New American Bible Is the plowman forever plowing in order to sow, always loosening and harrowing the field? NET Bible Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground? New Revised Standard Version Do those who plow for sowing plow continually? Do they continually open and harrow their ground? New Heart English Bible Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods? Webster's Bible Translation Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? World English Bible Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods? Young's Literal Translation The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Listen and Hear23Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say. 24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? 25When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.… Cross References Isaiah 28:23 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say. Isaiah 28:25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border. Treasury of Scripture Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground? break Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Hosea 10:11,12 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods… Jump to Previous Break Breaking Broken Clods Continually Earth Farmer Ground Open Openeth Opening Plant Plougheth Ploughing Ploughman Plow Ploweth Plowing Plowman Plows Ready Seed Soil Sow Sowing Turn Turning WholeJump to Next Break Breaking Broken Clods Continually Earth Farmer Ground Open Openeth Opening Plant Plougheth Ploughing Ploughman Plow Ploweth Plowing Plowman Plows Ready Seed Soil Sow Sowing Turn Turning WholeIsaiah 28 1. The prophet threatens Ephraim for their pride and drunkenness5. The residue shall be advanced in the kingdom of Christ 7. He rebukes their error 9. Their unwillingness to learn 14. And their security 16. Christ the sure foundation is promised 17. Their security shall be tried 23. They are incited to the consideration of God's providence (24) Doth the plowman plow all day . . .?--Better, every day. Ploughing represents naturally, as in Jeremiah 4:3, the preparatory discipline by which the spiritual soil is rendered fit for the sower's work. It is a means, and not an end, and is, therefore, in its very nature but for a season. To a nation passing through this stage, Assyrian invaders scoring their long furrows visibly on the surface of the land, the parable gave the hope that this was preparing the way for the seed-time of a better harvest.Verse 24. - Doth the plowman plow all day? The Church of God, go often called a vineyard, is here compared to an arable field, and the processes by which God educates and disciplines his Church are compared to those employed by man in the cultivation of such a piece of ground, and the obtaining of a harvest, from it. First of all, the ground must be ploughed, the face of the earth "opened" and the "clods broken." This, however, does not go on forever; it is for an object - that the seed may be sown; and, as soon as the ground is fit for the sowing to take place, the preparation of the soil ceases. Doth he open and break, etc.? Harrowing succeeds to ploughing in the natural order of things, the object of the harrowing being to break and pulverize the clods. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Does the plowmanיַחֲרֹ֥שׁ (ya·ḥă·rōš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise plow הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ (ha·ḥō·rêš) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise for planting לִזְרֹ֑עַ (liz·rō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify every הֲכֹ֣ל (hă·ḵōl) Article | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every day? הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day Does he continuously loosen יְפַתַּ֥ח (yə·p̄at·taḥ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve and harrow וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד (wî·śad·dêḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7702: To abrade, harrow a, field the soil? אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ (’aḏ·mā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land Links Isaiah 28:24 NIVIsaiah 28:24 NLT Isaiah 28:24 ESV Isaiah 28:24 NASB Isaiah 28:24 KJV Isaiah 28:24 BibleApps.com Isaiah 28:24 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 28:24 Chinese Bible Isaiah 28:24 French Bible Isaiah 28:24 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:24 Does he who plows to sow plow (Isa Isi Is) |
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