Isaiah 28:25
Strong's Lexicon
When
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

he has leveled
שִׁוָּ֣ה (šiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7737: 1) to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be like 1a2) equivalent (participle) 1a3) to set, place 1a4) setting (participle) 1b) (Piel) to level, smooth, still 1c) (Hiphil) to make like 1d) (Nithpael) to be alike 2) (Piel) to set, place

its surface,
פָנֶ֔יהָ (p̄ā·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

does he not
הֲלוֹא֙ (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

sow
יִזְרֹ֑ק (yiz·rōq)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2236: 1) to scatter, sprinkle, toss, throw, scatter abundantly, strew 1a) (Qal) to scatter, sprinkle, toss 1b) (Pual) to be sprinkled

caraway
קֶ֖צַח (qe·ṣaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7100: 1) black cummin 1a) a plant with small black acrid seeds used as a condiment

and scatter
וְהֵפִ֥יץ (wə·hê·p̄îṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6327: 1) to scatter, be dispersed, be scattered 1a) (Qal) to be dispersed, be scattered 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be scattered 1b2) to be spread abroad 1c) (Hiphil) to scatter 1d) Hithpael) scatter 2) (Qal) to flow, overflow 3) to break 3a) (Polel) to shatter 3b) (Pilpel) to dash to pieces

cumin ?
וְכַמֹּ֣ן (wə·ḵam·mōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3646: 1) cummin, cumin 1a) a seed used as a condiment

He plants
וְשָׂ֨ם (wə·śām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

wheat
חִטָּ֤ה (ḥiṭ·ṭāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2406: 1) wheat 1a) wheat (plant) 1b) wheat flour

in rows
שׂוֹרָה֙ (śō·w·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7795: 1) row 1a) meaning uncertain

and barley
וּשְׂעֹרָ֣ה (ū·śə·‘ō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8184: 1) barley 1a) barley (of the plant) 1b) barley (of the meal or grain)

in plots,
נִסְמָ֔ן (nis·mān)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5567: 1) to mark off 1a) (Niphal) appointed, determined (participle)

with rye
וְכֻסֶּ֖מֶת (wə·ḵus·se·meṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3698: 1) spelt-a wheat-like crop planted and harvested in the fall or spring

within its border.
גְּבֻלָתֽוֹ׃ (gə·ḇu·lā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1367: 1) border, boundary

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie [in] its own border?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he has leveled its surface, does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin ? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, with spelt as their border.

New American Standard Bible
Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cummin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area?

King James Bible
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?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field?

New Living Translation
Does he not finally plant his seeds--black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat--each in its proper way, and each in its proper place?

English Standard Version
When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmer as the border?

New American Standard Bible
Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cummin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area?

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When he has leveled its surface, does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, with spelt as their border.

International Standard Version
When he has leveled its surface, he scatters caraway and sows cumin, doesn't he? He plants wheat in rows, barley in its designated place, and feed for livestock around its borders, doesn't he?

NET Bible
Once he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant, sow the seed of the cumin plant, and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places?

American Standard Version
When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?

English Revised Version
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the appointed place and the spelt in the border thereof?

Young's Literal Translation
Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie in its own border?
















Cross References
Matthew 23:23
Woe 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.

Exodus 9:32
But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.

Isaiah 28:24
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Isaiah 28:26
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

Ezekiel 4:9
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.

Isaiah 1:1
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 28:23
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

Isaiah 28:27
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Isaiah 28:28
Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
Jump to Previous
Abroad Appointed Area Barley Border Cast Cumin Cummin Different Dill Earth Edge Face Fitches Grain Leveled Lines Plain Plant Principal Proper Rows Rye Scatter Seed Sorts Spelt Surface Thereof Vetches Wheat Within
Jump to Next
Abroad Appointed Area Barley Border Cast Cumin Cummin Different Dill Earth Edge Face Fitches Grain Leveled Lines Plain Plant Principal Proper Rows Rye Scatter Seed Sorts Spelt Surface Thereof Vetches Wheat Within
Links
Isaiah 28:25 NIV
Isaiah 28:25 NLT
Isaiah 28:25 ESV
Isaiah 28:25 NASB
Isaiah 28:25 KJV

Isaiah 28:25 Bible Apps
Isaiah 28:25 Parallel
Isaiah 28:25 Biblia Paralela
Isaiah 28:25 Chinese Bible
Isaiah 28:25 French Bible
Isaiah 28:25 German Bible

Isaiah 28:25 Commentaries

Bible Hub
Isaiah 28:24
Top of Page
Top of Page