Isaiah 28:24-26

King James Version

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.

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Isaiah 28:24-26

New International Version

²⁴When a farmer plows for planting,^(A) does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
²⁵When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?^(B)
Does he not plant wheat in its place,^[a]
    barley^(C) in its plot,^[b]
    and spelt^(D) in its field?
²⁶His God instructs him
    and teaches^(E) him the right way.

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Footnotes

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

Isaiah 28:24-26

New King James Version

²⁴Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow?
Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
²⁵When he has leveled its surface,
Does he not sow the black cummin
And scatter the cummin,
Plant the wheat in rows,
The barley in the appointed place,
And the ^[a]spelt in its place?
²⁶For He instructs him in right judgment,
His God teaches him.