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23 Give ear and hear my voice, Listen and hear my words.
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Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.
24 Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground?
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When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cummin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area?
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When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in its place,barley in its plot,and spelt in its field?
26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
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His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.
27 For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel driven over cummin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club.
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Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick.
28 Grain for bread is crushed, Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever. Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually damage it, He does not thresh it longer.
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Grain must be ground to make bread; so one does not go on threshing it forever. The wheels of a threshing cart may be rolled over it, but one does not use horses to grind grain.
29 This also comes from the LORD of hosts, Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.
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All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.
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