Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt bring out much seed to thy field, and shalt gather little, for the locust shall devour 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.
Bible in Basic English
You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; 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
Rab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 28:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
37 And thou wert for an astonishment, for a parable, for a sharp saying in all the peoples where Jehovah shall lead thee there. 38 Thou shalt bring out much seed to thy field, and shalt gather little, for the locust shall devour it 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and thou shalt work; and thou shalt not drink the wine, and thou shalt not gather, for the worm shall eat it
Cross References
Joel 1:4
The residue of the creeping locust the common locust ate; and the residue of the common locust the feeder ate; and the residue of the feeder the devourer ate.
Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow and thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olive and thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and new wine, and thou shalt not drink wine.
Haggai 1:6
Ye sowed much and brought in little; eating and not being satisfied; ye drank, and not drinking to the full; putting on clothing, and not being warm to him; and he hiring out, hires out for a purse perforated.
Isaiah 5:10
For ten measures of a vineyard shall make one bath, and the seed of an omer shall make an ephah.
Joel 2:25
And I requited to you the years which the common locust ate, the feeder, and the devourer, and the creeping locust, my great army which I sent among you.
Exodus 10:14-15
And the locust will come up upon all the land of Egypt, and it will rest in all the bounds of Egypt exceeding many: before it was there no locust thus like it, and after it, it shall not be thus.
Joel 2:3
Before him a fire devoured, and after him a flame shall burn; the land as the garden of Eden before him, and after him a desert of desolation; and also there was no escaping to him.
Amos 4:9
I struck you with blasting and with yellowness: the multitudes of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olives the creeping locust shall eat: and ye turned not back even to me, says Jehovah.
Amos 7:1-2
Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see; and behold, he will form locusts in the beginning of the coming up of the latter grass; and behold, the latter grass after the moorings of the king.