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Isaiah 28:27-28
New English Translation
Isaiah 28:27-28
New English Translation
27 Certainly[a] caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,
nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed.[b]
Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick,
and cumin seed with a flail.[c]
28 Grain is crushed,
though one certainly does not thresh it forever.
The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it,
but his horses do not crush it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:27 tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB).
- Isaiah 28:27 sn Both of these seeds are too small to use the ordinary threshing techniques.
- Isaiah 28:27 sn A flail was a hand-held threshing tool that had one stick as its handle and another swinging stick attached to its top. The swinging stick was used to beat the grain off of the stalks, which were laying on the ground.
Isaiah 28:27-28
New International Version
Isaiah 28:27-28
New International Version
27 Caraway is not threshed(A) with a sledge,(B)
nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;
caraway is beaten out with a rod,(C)
and cumin with a stick.
28 Grain must be ground to make bread;
so one does not go on threshing it forever.
The wheels of a threshing cart(D) may be rolled over it,
but one does not use horses to grind grain.
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