28:24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? 1
Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?
30:24 The oxen and donkeys used in plowing 2
will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork. 3
1 tn Heb “All the day does the plowman plow in order to plant?” The phrase “all the day” here has the sense of “continually, always.” See BDB 400 s.v. יוֹם.
2 tn Heb “the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground.”
3 sn Crops will be so abundant that even the work animals will eat well.