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Isaiah 28:24

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

KJV

Numquid tota die arabit arans ut serat ? proscindet et sarriet humum suam ?

Vulgate

μὴ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀροτριάσει ὁ ἀροτριῶν; ἢ σπόρον προετοιμάσει πρὶν ἐργάσασθαι τὴν γῆν;

LXX

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

ASV

הֲ/כֹ֣ל הַ/יּ֔וֹם יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ הַ/חֹרֵ֖שׁ לִ/זְרֹ֑עַ יְפַתַּ֥ח וִֽ/ישַׂדֵּ֖ד אַדְמָתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי
chrshy
verb · 72×
יְשַׂדֶּד
yshdd
verb · 3×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
תִּזְרַ֣ע
tzr'
verb · 55×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 2:6 — The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
  • Exod 28:3 — And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s o
  • Hos 10:11 — 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.
  • Jer 4:3 — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
  • Mark 4:26 — And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;