Isaiah 28:28

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Bread flour must be ground; so he will not always be threshing it. Although he drives the wheel of his threshing cart over it, his horses don’t grind it.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Bread [grain] is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Isaiah 28

²⁶ For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

²⁷ Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.

²⁸ Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.

²⁹ This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

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