World English Bible
"Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?"
— Isaiah 28:24, World English Bible
“Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?”
“Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground? ”
“Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?”
“Shall the ploughman plough all the day to sow, shall he open and harrow his ground?”
“Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?”
“Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?”
For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.
Now therefore don't be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.
Give ear, and hear my voice! Listen, and hear my speech!
Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
When he has leveled its surface, doesn't he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?
For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.
For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.