Isaiah 28:26

His God instructs him; he teaches him wisely. 1

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In The King James Version

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

In Context

25When he has prepared the ground, does he not scatter caraway seed, sow the cumin, 1 put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the right place, and the spelt at its edges? + 28:25 The identification of some of these spices is in doubt, so versions have a variety of translations. In addition, some versions give different interpretations to the expressions translated here as in rows and in the right place , because these expressions are uncertain in Hebrew. 1

27Moreover, the caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, 1 nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cumin; 1 but caraway is beaten with a stick, and cumin with a rod. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 31:3I have filled Bezalel with my Spirit, to give him wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, for all kinds of craftsmanship,

Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man; 1 the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding. 1

Job 39:17because God has deprived her of wisdom 1 and has not given her any understanding. 1

Daniel 1:17As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and insight in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel could understand all kinds of visions and dreams.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:24-29

Husbandry a Divine Art. ( b. c. 725.) 23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? 26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. 27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,… Read the whole commentary →

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