Isaiah 28:24
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?In other versions
Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he `continually' open and harrow his ground?
ASV
Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?
BBE
Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?
DBY
Does he who plows to sow plow continually? does he [continually] open and harrow his ground?
WEB
The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!
YLT
Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground?
ENG
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
WBT
Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
BSB
In context
22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.