Isaiah 30:24 “The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winn…”

Isaiah 30:24

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory feed, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The oxen also and the yong asses, that till the ground, shall eate cleane prouender, which is winowed with the shoouel and with the fanne.

Darby Translation

and the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

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.

Bible in Basic English

And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.

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Cross references

“oxen”

Deuteronomy 25:4 1 Corinthians 9:9 1 Corinthians 9:10

Deuteronomy 25:4 · BSB

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

1 Corinthians 9:9 · BSB

For 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?

1 Corinthians 9:10 · BSB

Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.

“ear the ground”

Genesis 45:6 Exodus 34:21 Deuteronomy 21:4 1 Samuel 8:12

Genesis 45:6 · BSB

For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

Exodus 34:21 · BSB

Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.

Deuteronomy 21:4 · BSB

bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

1 Samuel 8:12 · BSB

He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

Also

Matthew 3:12 Luke 3:17

Matthew 3:12 · BSB

His 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.”

Luke 3:17 · BSB

His 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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.

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