Isaiah 28:24–25
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and breake the clods of his ground?
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?
‖‖†When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, the wheat in the principall place and barley in the appointed place.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, spelt.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. border.
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From verse 24
- Hosea 10:11–12Rank 1 from verse 24
11And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
11†And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught and loueth to tread out the corne, but I passed ouer vpon her faire necke: I will make Ephraim to ride: Iudah shall plow, and Iacob shall breake his clods.
12*Sow to your selues in righteousnesse, reape in mercie: breake vp your fallow ground: for it is time to seeke the LORD, till he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you.
- Jeremiah 4:3Rank 2 from verse 24
From verse 25
- Ezekiel 4:9Rank 1 from verse 25
9¶ Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
9¶ ‖Take thou also vnto thee wheat, and barley, and beanes, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessell, and make thee bread thereof according to the number of the dayes that thou shalt lie vpon thy side; three hundreth and ninetie dayes shalt thou eate thereof.
- Matthew 23:23Rank 2 from verse 25
23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
23Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; *for yee pay tithe of mint, and annise, and cummine, and haue omitted the weightier matters of the Law, iudgement, mercie and faith: these ought ye to haue done, and not to leaue the other vndone.
- Exodus 9:31–32Rank 3 from verse 25
31And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
32But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
31And the flaxe, and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the eare, and the flaxe was bolled:
32But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were †not growen vp.
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Isaiah 28:24
Third-person singular present form of do: does.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
One that plows or holds a plow.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: An implement for cutting and turning soil. Sense 2: As a verb, to till or break up the ground with it.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result. Sense 3: An adult female swine.
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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.
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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.
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A compact lump of earth, soil, or dust.
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Isaiah 28:25
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A level tract of land. 2. Clear or evident. 3. Simple or unadorned.
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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.
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Of that or those previously mentioned; of it or of them.
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Third-person singular present form of do: does.
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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Out of doors or away from one’s usual place; outward, away, or throughout a wide area.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Vetches; a kind of seed-bearing plant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
To disperse, spread abroad, separate, drive away, divide, cast in different directions, or cause persons, peoples, seed, goods, or forces no longer to remain gathered.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: First, chief, or highest in rank or importance. Sense 2: A chief person or leading thing.
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A grain-bearing plant and its seed, commonly ground into flour for bread.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of appoint. Sense 1: To assign, designate, establish, or set for a particular purpose, office, or time. Sense 2: To supply, allot, furnish, or equip with provisions or equipment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A cultivated grain crop sown in an appointed place and maturing later than the barley and flax named in the Egyptian plague account.
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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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23¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
23¶ Giue yee eare, and heare my voyce, hearken and heare my speach.
24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and breake the clods of his ground?
Selected passage25When 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?
25‖‖†When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?
Selected passage26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
26‖For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.