Isaiah 28:24

Isaiah 28:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
• New International Version (NIV)When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?

Context of Isaiah 28:24

22Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord God of hosts against the whole land. 23Give ear, and hear my voice; give attention, and hear my speech. Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground? 25When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmer as the border? 26For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him.

Isaiah 28:24 word by word

הֲכֹ֣ל הַיּ֔וֹם יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ לִזְרֹ֑עַ יְפַתַּ֥ח וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Doth the plowmanחָרַשׁchârash · to plow/plotH2790
• all dayיוֹםyôm · day: dailyH3117
• to sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• doth he openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• and break the clodsשָׂדַדώâdad · to harrowH7702
• of his groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127

Cross-references for Isaiah 28:24

• Jeremiah 4:3For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
• Hosea 10:11Ephraim was a trained calf that loved to thresh, and I spared her fair neck; but I will put Ephraim to the yoke; Judah must plow; Jacob must harrow for himself.

Commentaries on Isaiah 28:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Doth the plowman … - The question here asked implies that he does “not” plow all the day. The interrogative form is often the most emphatic mode of affirmation. All day - The sense is, does he do nothing else but plow? Is this the only thing which is necessary to be done in order to obtain a harvest? The idea which the prophet intends to convey here is this. A farmer does not suppose that he can obtain a harvest by doing nothing else but plow. There is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 The husbandman applies to his calling with pains and prudence, in all the works of it according to their nature. Thus the Lord, who has given men this wisdom, is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in his working. As the occasion requires, he threatens, corrects, spares, shows mercy, or executes vengeance. Afflictions are God's threshing instruments, to loosen us from the world, to part between us and our chaff, and to prepare us for use. God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-29A farmer knows that there are right and wrong ways to do things, but the leaders of Judah were not that intelligent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. all day--emphatic; he is not always ploughing: he also "sows," and that, too, in accordance with sure rules (Is 28:25). doth he open--supply "always." Is he always harrowing?Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings