KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 30:24
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
WEB World English Bible
The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 30
21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
24 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.
25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers [and] streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
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וְהָאֲלָפִ֣יםH504 · e.lephcattleוְהָעֲיָרִ֗יםH5895 · a.yircoltעֹֽבְדֵי֙H5647 · a.vadto serveהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הH127 · a.da.mahland: soilבְּלִ֥ילH1098 · be.lilfodderחָמִ֖יץH2548 · cha.mitssaltedיֹאכֵ֑לוּH398 · a.khalto eatאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichזֹרֶ֥הH2219 · za.rahto scatterבָרַ֖חַתH7371 · ra.chatshovelוּבַמִּזְרֶֽה׃H4214 · miz.rehpitchfork
Cross-references
Genesis 45:6For these two years [hath] the famine [been] in the land: and yet [there are] five years, in the which [there shall] neither [be] earing nor harvest.Deuteronomy 25:4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].Deuteronomy 21:4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:1 Corinthians 9:9-10For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?Luke 3:17Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.1 Samuel 8:12And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.Matthew 3:12Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.Exodus 34:21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
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