24 Does the [a]farmer plow [b]continually to plant seed?
Does he continually [c]turn and break up his ground?

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  1. Isaiah 28:24 Lit plowman
  2. Isaiah 28:24 Lit all day
  3. Isaiah 28:24 Lit open

24 When a farmer plows for planting,(A) does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?

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

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25 Does he not level its surface
And sow dill and scatter (A)cumin
And [a]plant (B)wheat in rows,
Barley in its place and rye within its [b]area?

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  1. Isaiah 28:25 Lit put
  2. Isaiah 28:25 Lit region

25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?(A)
Does he not plant wheat in its place,[a]
    barley(B) in its plot,[b]
    and spelt(C) in its field?

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  1. Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

25 When 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?

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