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Isaiah 28:24
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KJ21
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? Doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
ASV
Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?
AMP
Does the farmer plow all day to plant seed? Does he continually dig furrows and harrow his ground [after it is prepared]?
AMPC
Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continue to plow and harrow the ground after it is smooth?
BRG
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
CSB
Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
CSBA
Does the ploughman plough every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
CEB
Does the plowman plow without stopping for planting, opening and harrowing their ground?
CJB
Does a farmer sowing keep plowing forever? Does he never stop breaking up and harrowing his land?
CEV
Farmers don't just plow and break up the ground.
DARBY
Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?
DRA
Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?
ERV
Does a farmer plow his field all the time? No, he doesn’t work the soil all the time.
EASY
A farmer ploughs the ground because he wants to plant seeds in it. He does not continue to plough for ever.
EHV
Does the plowman keep plowing all day in order to plant? Does he keep tilling the soil and turning over the dirt?
ESV
Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
ESVUK
Does he who ploughs for sowing plough continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
EXB
·A farmer does not [L Does the plower…?] plow his field all the time; ·he does not [L does he…?] go on working the soil.
GNV
Doth the plowman plow all the day, to sow? doth he open, and break the clots of his ground?
GW
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?
GNT
Farmers don't constantly plow their fields and keep getting them ready for planting.
HCSB
Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
ICB
A farmer does not plow his field all the time. He does not go on working the soil.
ISV
Does he who plows for sowing plow all the time? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing his field?
JUB
Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground?
KJV
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
AKJV
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
LSB
Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow his ground?
LEB
Is it all day that the plowman plows, opens to sow seed, harrows his ground?
TLB
Listen to me, listen as I plead: Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever harrowing the soil and never planting it?
MSG
Listen to me now. Give me your closest attention. Do farmers plow and plow and do nothing but plow? Or harrow and harrow and do nothing but harrow? After they’ve prepared the ground, don’t they plant? Don’t they scatter dill and spread cumin, Plant wheat and barley in the fields and raspberries along the borders? They know exactly what to do and when to do it. Their God is their teacher.
MEV
Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continually turn and break the clods of his ground?
NOG
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?
NABRE
Is the plowman forever plowing in order to sow, always loosening and harrowing the field?
NASB
Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and break up his ground?
NASB1995
Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground?
NCB
Does the plowman spend his entire time plowing, breaking up and harrowing his land?
NCV
A farmer does not plow his field all the time; he does not go on working the soil.
NET
Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?
NIRV
When a farmer plows in order to plant, does he plow without stopping? Does he keep on breaking up the soil and making the field level?
NIV
When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
NIVUK
When a farmer ploughs for planting, does he plough continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
NKJV
Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
NLV
Does the farmer plow all the time to plant seed? Does he keep on turning and digging up the ground?
NLT
Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?
NRSVA
Do those who plough for sowing plough continually? Do they continually open and harrow their ground?
NRSVACE
Do those who plough for sowing plough continually? Do they continually open and harrow their ground?
NRSVCE
Do those who plow for sowing plow continually? Do they continually open and harrow their ground?
NRSVUE
Do those who plow for sowing plow continually? Do they continually open and harrow their ground?
OJB
Doth the plowman plow kol hayom to sow? Doth he keep turning and breaking the clods of his adamah?
RGT
Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he open and break the clots of his ground?
RSV
Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? does he continually open and harrow his ground?
RSVCE
Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? does he continually open and harrow his ground?
TLV
Does a plowman plow all day to sow the seed? Does he continually break open and harrow his ground?
VOICE
Does a farmer constantly plow and turn the soil to plant his seed? No, of course not.
WEB
Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
WYC
Whether he that eareth, shall ear all day, for to sow, and shall he carve (up), and purge his land? (Shall he who ploweth, plow every day, in order to sow, and to furrow, and to purge his land?)
YLT
The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!
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