Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick. New Living Translation A heavy sledge is never used to thresh black cumin; rather, it is beaten with a light stick. A threshing wheel is never rolled on cumin; instead, it is beaten lightly with a flail. English Standard Version Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. Berean Standard Bible Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. King James Bible For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. New King James Version For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin; But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick, And the cummin with a rod. New American Standard Bible For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel driven over cumin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club. NASB 1995 For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel driven over cummin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club. NASB 1977 For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel driven over cummin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club. Legacy Standard Bible For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the wheel of a cart driven over cumin; But dill is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod. Amplified Bible For dill is not threshed with a sharp threshing sledge, Nor is a cartwheel rolled over cumin; But dill is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod. Christian Standard Bible Certainly black cumin is not threshed with a threshing board, and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin. But black cumin is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. Holman Christian Standard Bible Certainly black cumin is not threshed with a threshing board, and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin. But black cumin is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. American Standard Version For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because the fennel is not trodden in threshing, neither is a thresher turned around on the cumin, because the fennel is beaten out with a staff, and the cumin with a rod Brenton Septuagint Translation For the black poppy is not cleansed with harsh treatment, nor will a wagon-wheel pass over the cumin; but the black poppy is threshed with a rod, and the cumin shall be eaten with bread; Contemporary English Version After dill and cumin have been harvested, the stalks are pounded, not run over with a wagon. Douay-Rheims Bible For gith shall not be thrashed with saws, neither shall the cart wheel turn about upon cummin: but gith shall be beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a staff. English Revised Version For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. GOD'S WORD® Translation Black cumin isn't threshed with a sledge, and wagon wheels aren't rolled over cumin. Black cumin is beaten with a rod and cumin with a stick. Good News Translation They never use a heavy club to beat out dill seeds or cumin seeds; instead they use light sticks of the proper size. International Standard Version For caraway is not threshed with a sharp sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin. Instead, caraway is winnowed with a stick, and cumin with a rod. JPS Tanakh 1917 For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing-sledge, Neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; But the black cummin is beaten out with a staff, And the cummin with a rod. Literal Standard Version For fitches are not threshed with a sharp-pointed thing, | And the wheel of a cart turned around on cumin, | For fitches are beaten out with a staff, | And cumin with a rod. Majority Standard Bible Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. New American Bible For caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor does a cartwheel roll over cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod. NET Bible Certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick, and cumin seed with a flail. New Revised Standard Version Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cummin; but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cummin with a rod. New Heart English Bible For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod. Webster's Bible Translation For the vetches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the vetches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. World English Bible For the dill isn’t threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod. Young's Literal Translation For not with a sharp-pointed thing threshed are fitches, And the wheel of a cart on cummin turned round, For with a staff beaten out are fitches, And cummin with a rod. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Listen and Hear…26For his God instructs and teaches him properly. 27Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. 28Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.… Cross References Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Proverbs 20:26 A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them. Isaiah 28:26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly. Isaiah 28:28 Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it. Amos 1:3 This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron. Treasury of Scripture For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about on the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. threshed Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 2 Kings 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. Amos 1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: the fitches Isaiah 27:7,8 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? … Jeremiah 10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jeremiah 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. Jump to Previous Beaten Black Cart Club Cumin Cummin Dill Driven Fitches Grain Hammered Instrument Rod Rolled Sharp Sledge Staff Stick Threshed Threshing Threshing-Sledge Turned Vetches WheelJump to Next Beaten Black Cart Club Cumin Cummin Dill Driven Fitches Grain Hammered Instrument Rod Rolled Sharp Sledge Staff Stick Threshed Threshing Threshing-Sledge Turned Vetches WheelIsaiah 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 (27) For the fitches are not threshed . . .--Better, fennel seed, as before. The eye of the prophet passes from the beginning to the end of the husbandman's work. He finds there also the varying methods of a like discrimination. A man would be thought mad who threshed his fennel seed and cummin with the same instrument that he uses for his barley and his wheat. It is enough to beat or tap them with the "rod," or "staff," which was, in fact, used in each case. Interpreting this parable, we may see in the fennel and the cummin the little ones of the earth, with whom God deals more gently than with the strong. "Tribulation," as the etymology of the word (tribulum, a threshing instrument) tells us, is a threshing process. The lesson of the parable is that it comes to nations and individuals in season and in measure. The main idea is familiar enough in the language of the prophets (Micah 4:13; Habakkuk 3:12). The novelty of Isaiah's treatment of it consists in his bringing in the minute details, and drawing this lesson from them.Verse 27. - For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing-instrument. The Nigella sativa is too lender a plant to be subjected to the rude treatment of a threshing-instrument, or "threshing-sledge." Such instruments are of the coarsest and clumsiest character in the East, and quite inapplicable to plants of a delicate fabric. Karsten Niebuhr thus describes the Arabian and Syrian practices: "Quand le grain dolt etre battu, les Arabes de Yemen posent le bled par terre en deux tangles, epis center epis, apres quoi ils font trainer par-dessus une grosse pierre tiree par deux boeufs. La machine dent on se sert en Syrie consiste en quelques planches garnies par-dessous d'une quantite de pierres a fusil" ('Description de l'Arabie,' p. 140). Neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin. The allusion is to aim the coarse mode of threshing practiced in Palestine and elsewhere, by driving a cart with broad wheels over the grain. But the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. Canon Tristram says, "While the cummin can easily be separated from its case by a slender rod, the harder pod of the Nigella requires to be beaten by a stout staff" ('Natural History of the Bible,' p. 445). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Surelyכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction caraway קֶ֔צַח (qe·ṣaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7100: Fennelflower is not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no threshed י֣וּדַשׁ (yū·ḏaš) Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1758: To trample, thresh with a sledge, בֶֽחָרוּץ֙ (ḇe·ḥā·rūṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2742: Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager and the wheel וְאוֹפַ֣ן (wə·’ō·w·p̄an) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 212: A wheel of a cart עֲגָלָ֔ה (‘ă·ḡā·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5699: Something revolving, a wheeled vehicle is not rolled יוּסָּ֑ב (yūs·sāḇ) Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the cumin. כַּמֹּ֖ן (kam·mōn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3646: Cummin (a plant grown as a condiment) But כִּ֧י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction caraway קֶ֖צַח (qe·ṣaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7100: Fennelflower is beaten out יֵחָ֥בֶט (yê·ḥā·ḇeṭ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2251: To beat off, beat out with a stick, בַמַּטֶּ֛ה (ḇam·maṭ·ṭeh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe and cumin וְכַמֹּ֥ן (wə·ḵam·mōn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3646: Cummin (a plant grown as a condiment) with a rod. בַּשָּֽׁבֶט׃ (baš·šā·ḇeṭ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe Links Isaiah 28:27 NIVIsaiah 28:27 NLT Isaiah 28:27 ESV Isaiah 28:27 NASB Isaiah 28:27 KJV Isaiah 28:27 BibleApps.com Isaiah 28:27 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 28:27 Chinese Bible Isaiah 28:27 French Bible Isaiah 28:27 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 28:27 For the dill are not threshed (Isa Isi Is) |
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