Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Holman Bible
“You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it.
International Standard Version
"You'll plant many seeds in a field, but your harvest will be small because the locust will consume it.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Amplified
“You will bring out a great quantity of seed to the field, but you will gather in little, because the locusts will consume it.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt bring out much seed to thy field, and shalt gather little, for the locust shall devour it
King James 2000
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"You shall carry out much seed to the field, but you shall gather little [produce], for the locust shall devour it.
Modern King James verseion
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in, for the locust shall eat it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in: for the grasshoppers shall destroy it.
NET Bible
"You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.
New Heart English Bible
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
The Emphasized Bible
Much seed, shalt thou take out into the field, - and little, shalt thou gather in, for the locust shall consume it.
Webster
Thou shalt carry much seed into the field, and shalt gather but little: for the locust shall consume it.
World English Bible
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;
Themes
Agriculture » Foes of » Locusts
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Famine » Caused by » Swarms of insects
Fruits » Often destroyed » By locusts, &c
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Judgments » Different kinds of » Famine
Locusts » The jews » Threatened with, as a punishment for sin
Obedience to God » Punishment of refusing
Seed » The jews punished by » Its increase being consumed by locusts, &c
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 28:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
37 And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you. 38 You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it. 39 You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.
Cross References
Joel 1:4
What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.
Micah 6:15
You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.
Haggai 1:6
Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
Isaiah 5:10
For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.
Joel 2:25
I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.
Exodus 10:14-15
And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, resting on every part of the land, in very great numbers; such an army of locusts had never been seen before, and never will be again.
Joel 2:3
Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.
Amos 4:9
I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Amos 7:1-2
This is what the Lord God let me see: and I saw that, when the growth of the late grass was starting, he made locusts; it was the late growth after the king's cutting was done.