Isaiah 28:24

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

Does the farmer spend all his time ploughing? Does he spend all his time preparing the soil?

Geneva Bible 1599

Doeth the plowe man plowe all the day, to sowe? doeth he open, and breake the clots of his ground?

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

Translation for Translators

When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?

Unlocked Literal Bible

Does a farmer who plows all day to sow, only plow the ground? Does he continually break up and harrow the field?

Noah Webster Bible

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!

Context

Listen and Hear

²³Listen 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.

Sermons

Master Plowman

Charles E. Cowman

Summary

This verse uses agricultural imagery to convey the wisdom and understanding of God in the way He works in the world. It illustrates how God instructs farmers in the proper way to cultivate their land, emphasizing that He does not act randomly or without purpose. The verse highlights the intentionality and care with which God governs His creation, teaching valuable lessons through the processes of sowing and threshing. Ultimately, it reveals God's desire for His people to learn from His guidance and follow His ways in all aspects of life.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

all day--emphatic; he is not always ploughing: he also "sows," and that, too, in accordance with sure rules (Isa 28:25). doth he open--supply "always." Is he always harrowing?

John Gill Bible Commentary

When he hath made plain the face thereof,.... By harrowing it, after it is ploughed: doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin; in sowing them in the ground, prepared for them; the former of these does not seem to be the same we so call, but something else. The Septuagint version calls it the little "melanthion" (c), the same with the "nigella" (d) of the Latins, and is sometimes called "gith" (e), as in the Vulgate Latin version here. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it "anise", which is mentioned along with "cummin", as common with the Jews, and which, in Christ's time, were tithed, Mat 23:23 and both these in the text are by Kimchi said to be the food of man: and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place? each in their proper place, or in soil suitable for them; some land being more suitable for the one than for the other, which the husbandman understands: "wheat" is the choicest and most excellent grain, and therefore called "principal"; or else because it is "first" sown, or sown in the best and "principal" ground: "barley" is said to be "appointed", or to be sowed in a place appointed for it; or "marked" (f), referring either to places marked in the field, where it should be sown; which sense the Targum and the Jewish commentators favour; or to sacks of it marked, in which the best seed for sowing was put: "and the rye in its border" (g); appointed for that Jarchi thinks this refers to the different places of sowing; the wheat was sown in the middle of the field; barley round about the mark or sign for that purpose; and rye upon the borders. The Targum is, "as wheat is sown in an uncultivated field, and barley by the signs, and rye by the borders;'' but the whole is intended to express the wisdom of the husbandman, in sowing different seeds, not in the same field, which was forbidden by the law, Lev 19:19 but in ground suitable to each of them; and in the mystical sense designs the execution of divine judgments on men, in proportion to their sins, after they have been admonished of them, and reproved for them; and may be applied also to the sowing of the seed of the word in the hearts of men, and illustrated by the parable of the sower in Mat 13:19. (c) So Junius & Tremellius, and Piscator. (d) As here with Pagninus, Montanus. (e) So Vatablus and Castalio. (f) "hordeum signatum", Vatablus, Pagninus, Montanus; "signato loco", Tigurine version. (g) "speltam in termino ejus, vel suo", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Isaiah 28:24

Listen and Hear

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

Does the farmer spend all his time ploughing? Does he spend all his time preparing the soil?

Geneva Bible 1599

Doeth the plowe man plowe all the day, to sowe? doeth he open, and breake the clots of his ground?

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?

Translation for Translators

When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds [RHQ]? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything [RHQ]?

Unlocked Literal Bible

Does a farmer who plows all day to sow, only plow the ground? Does he continually break up and harrow the field?

Noah Webster Bible

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!

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

all day--emphatic; he is not always ploughing: he also "sows," and that, too, in accordance with sure rules (Isa 28:25). doth he open--supply "always." Is he always harrowing?

John Gill Bible Commentary

Isaiah 28:24

Verse

Context

Listen and Hear

Sermons

Summary

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Isaiah 28:24

Listen and Hear

Master Plowman

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes