Isaiah 30:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.”

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BSBPD

“The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 30:24 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 45:6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
  2. Exodus 34:21Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
  3. Deuteronomy 21:4bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
  4. Deuteronomy 25:4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
  5. 1 Samuel 8:12He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.
  6. Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  7. Luke 3:17His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  8. 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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