Isaiah 28:26
24 Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
27 Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
28 Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
- KJV
- For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
- WEB
- For his God instructs him in right judgment and teaches him.
- ASV
- For his God doth instruct him aright, [and] doth teach him.
- DARBY
- His God doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.
- BLB
- And He instructs him in judgment, and His God teaches him.
- ÅB
- Hans Gud har vist ham den rette måte, han lærte ham det.
- OTB
- Gud instruerer ham og veileder ham på den rette måten.
- B1930
- Hans Gud har vist ham den rette måte, han lærte ham det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 36:2
Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.
Read in contextExodus 31:3–6
And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
Read in contextJames 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Read in contextJob 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Read in contextPsalms 144:1
Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Read in contextJob 39:17
For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
Read in contextExodus 28:3
You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
Read in contextDaniel 1:17
To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
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