Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You shall bring out much seed to the field but you will gather in little, for the locust will consume it.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt carry
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

out
יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

into the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

אסף 
'acaph 
Usage: 199

but little
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

in
אסף 
'acaph 
Usage: 199

for the locust
ארבּה 
'arbeh 
Usage: 24

חסל 
Chacal 
Usage: 1

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Blessings And Curses

37 You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where the Lord drives you. 38 You shall bring out much seed to the field but you will gather in little, for the locust will consume it. 39 You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.



Cross References

Joel 1:4

What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.

Micah 6:15

“You will sow but you will not reap.
You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.”

Isaiah 5:10

“For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine,
And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain.”

Joel 2:25

“Then I will make up to you for the years
That the swarming locust has eaten,
The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.

Exodus 10:14-15

The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very numerous. There had never been so many locusts, nor would there be so many again.

Joel 2:3

A fire consumes before them
And behind them a flame burns.
The land is like the garden of Eden before them
But a desolate wilderness behind them,
And nothing at all escapes them.

Amos 4:9

“I smote you with scorching wind and mildew;
And the caterpillar was devouring
Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

Amos 7:1-2

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.

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