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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 28:24 Parallel: Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?</title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/parallel/isaiah/28-24.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new5.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/isaiah/28-24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmstr/isaiah/28-24.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="http://biblehub.com/tools.htm">Parallel</a> > Isaiah 28:24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/28-23.htm" title="Isaiah 28:23">◄</a> Isaiah 28:24 <a href="../isaiah/28-25.htm" title="Isaiah 28:25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/28.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he <i>continually</i> turn and break up his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he <i>continually</i> turn and harrow the ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Does the farmer plow all day to plant seed? Does he <i>continually</i> dig furrows and harrow his ground [after it is prepared]?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Farmers don't just plow and break up the ground. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Farmers don't constantly plow their fields and keep getting them ready for planting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Does he who plows for sowing plow all the time? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing his field?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground? </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/isaiah/28.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? does he keep opening and breaking the clods of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/isaiah/28.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/isaiah/28.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he open and break the clods of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/isaiah/28.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Doth the plowman plow continually to sow? doth he continually open and break the clods of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/isaiah/28.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Doeth the plowe man plowe all the day, to sowe? doeth he open, and breake the clots of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/isaiah/28.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Doth not the husbandman plowe all the day, and openeth and breaketh the clottes of his grounde, that he may sowe?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/isaiah/28.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Goeth not the husbonde man euer in due season earnestly to his londe? he moweth & ploweth his grounde to sowe.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Does the plowman plow the whole day to sow? He opens and harrows his ground!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shall he ploughing, plough all the day to sow? shall he open and level his earth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Does a farmer plough all day to sow and turn over and break up his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he open and harrow his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, With the opening and harrowing of his ground?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Will the ploughman plough all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground?</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/isaiah/28.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790: ya·ḥă·rōš (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To cut in, engrave, plow, devise.">Does the plowman</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790: ha·ḥō·rêš (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To cut in, engrave, plow, devise.">plow</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: liz·rō·a‘ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">for planting</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: hă·ḵōl (Art:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: yə·p̄at·taḥ (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">Does he continuously loosen</a> <a href="/hebrew/7702.htm" title="7702: wî·śad·dêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To harrow. A primitive root; to abrade, i.e. Harrow a field.">and harrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·mā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the soil?</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/isaiah/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">The whole</a><a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day"> day</a><a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790. charash (khaw-rash') -- altogether"> plougheth</a><a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790. charash (khaw-rash') -- altogether"> the ploughman</a><a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232. zara' (zaw-rah') -- to sow, scatter seed"> to sow</a><a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605. pathach (paw-thakh') -- appear">? He openeth</a><a href="/hebrew/7702.htm" title="7702. sadad (saw-dad') -- to harrow"> and harroweth</a><a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127. 'adamah (ad-aw-maw') -- ground, land"> his ground!</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa">Does the</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="חרשׁ_1 vqPmsa 2790"> plowman</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="חרשׁ_1 vqi3ms 2790"> plow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="כֹּל ncmsc 3605"> every</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="יֹום_1 ncmsa 3117"> day</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="זרע vqc 2232"> plant seed</a>? <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="פתח_1 vpi3ms 6605">Does he continuously break up</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a> <a href="/hebrew/7702.htm" title="שׂדד vpi3ms 7702"> cultivate</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="אֲדָמָה_1 ncfsc 127"> the soil</a>?</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/isaiah/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2790a.htm" title="2790a">Does the farmer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790a.htm" title="2790a">plow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605. kol (kole) -- the whole, all">continually</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232. zara' (zaw-rah') -- to sow, scatter seed">to plant</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232. zara' (zaw-rah') -- to sow, scatter seed">seed?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605a.htm" title="6605a">Does he [continually] turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/7702.htm" title="7702. sadad (saw-dad') -- to harrow">and harrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127. 'adamah (ad-aw-maw') -- ground, land">the ground?</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790. charash (khaw-rash') -- altogether">Doth the plowman</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790. charash (khaw-rash') -- altogether">plow</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">all day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232. zara' (zaw-rah') -- to sow, scatter seed">to sow?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605. pathach (paw-thakh') -- appear">doth he open</a> <a href="/hebrew/7702.htm" title="7702. sadad (saw-dad') -- to harrow">and break the clods</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127. 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