Isaiah 28:24 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!

English ASV

Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?

English Amplified

Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continue to plow and harrow the ground after it is smooth?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continue to plow and harrow the ground after it is smooth?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Doth the ploughman plough all day to sow? Is he [all day] opening and breaking the clods of his land?

English EASY 2024

A farmer ploughs the ground because he wants to plant seeds in it. He does not continue to plough for ever.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Does a farmer plow his field all the time? No, he doesn't work the soil all the time.

Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? does he continually open and harrow his ground?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Farmers don't constantly plow their fields and keep getting them ready for planting.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed? Does he [continuously] break up and cultivate the soil?

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow his ground?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continually turn and break the clods of his ground?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Is the plowman forever plowing, always loosening and harrowing his land for planting?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

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?

English NIV

When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?

English NKJ 1982

Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?

English NLT

Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting it?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Do those who plow for sowing plow continually? Do they continually open and harrow their ground?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Does a farmer plow continually at planting time and never plant a crop? Does he continually break open the clods of the ground and never sow his seed?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? does he continually open and harrow his ground?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Is he forever harrowing the soil and never planting it?

English Tyndale 1537

Goeth not the husbandman ever in due season earnestly to his land? He moweth and ploweth his ground to sow.

Isaiah 28:24 — Compare Translations