Isaiah 30 · Verse 24

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.
Isaiah 30:24, King James Version

Isaiah 30:24 in other translations

BSBThe oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
WEBThe 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.
ASVthe 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.
YLTAnd the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.
DARBYand the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterThe oxen likewise and the young asses that plow the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

What does Isaiah 30:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. ear--that is, till. Asses were employed in tillage, as well as oxen (De 22:10). clean--rather, salted provender [Gesenius]. The Arab proverb is, "Sweet provender is as bread to camels--salted provender as confectionery." The very cattle shall share the coming felicity. Or else, well-fermented maslin, that is, provender formed of a mixture of various substances: grain, beans, vetches, hay, and salt. winnowed--not as it is usually given to cattle before it is separated from the chaff; the grain shall be so abundant that it shall be given winnowed. shovel--by which the grain was thrown up in the wind to separate it from the chaff. fan--an instrument for winnowing.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:19-26

God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God. There are right-hand and left-hand errors; the tempter is busy courting us into by-paths. It is happy if, by the counsels of a faithful minister or…

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Isaiah 30:24 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָאֲלָפִ֣יםve.ha.'a.la.Fimand the cattle<s>H504
וְהָעֲיָרִ֗יםve.ha.'a.ya.Rimand the donkeysH5895
עֹֽבְדֵי֙'oe.Dei[which] workH5647
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mah<of> the groundH127
בְּלִ֥ילbe.LilfodderH1098
חָמִ֖יץcha.MitzsaltedH2548
יֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luthey will eatH398
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
זֹרֶ֥הzo.Reh[someone has been] winnowingH2219
בָרַ֖חַתva.Ra.chatwith the shovelH7371
וּבַמִּזְרֶֽה\׃u.va.miz.Rehand with the pitchforkH4214

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 30:24

  • Genesis 45:6

    For 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 25:4

    Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

  • Luke 3:17

    Whose 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 8:12

    And 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 3:12

    Whose 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:9-10

    For 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? Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

  • Exodus 34:21

    Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

  • Deuteronomy 21:4

    And 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:

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oxen.
De 25:4; 1Co 9:9,10
ear the ground.
Ge 45:6; Ex 34:21; De 21:4; 1Sa 8:12
clean. or, savory. Heb. leavened.

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:23

    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.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 30:25

    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.

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Isaiah 30:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tus bueyes y tus asnos que labran la tierra, comerán grano limpio, el cual será aventado con pala y criba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les bœufs et les ânes qui labourent le sol mangeront du fourrage salé qu’on a vanné avec la pelle et avec le van.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und die Ochsen und die Eselsfüllen, die das Ackerland bearbeiten, werden gesalzenes Futter fressen, welches man mit der Schaufel und mit der Gabel geworfelt hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et tauri tui, et pulli asinorum, qui operantur terram, commistum migma comedent sicut in area ventilatum est.