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Isaiah 28:24

Hebrew
ESV
Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? does he continually open and harrow his ground?
NIV
When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?
NLT
Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?
LXX
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greek

The definite article
ἡμέραν μέλλει plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
ἀροτριῶν ἀροτριᾶν σπόρον προετοιμάσει πρὶν ἐργάσασθαι τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
γῆνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ

Meaning:

* Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5)

Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”.

It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1
KJV
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Isaiah 28:23 ← Isaiah 28:24 → Isaiah 28:25

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