Parallel Verses

NET Bible

"You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

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.

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
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 will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you. 38 "You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.

Cross References

Joel 1:4

What the gazam-locust left the 'arbeh-locust consumed, what the 'arbeh-locust left the yeleq-locust consumed, and what the yeleq-locust left the hasil-locust consumed!

Micah 6:15

You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'"

Isaiah 5:10

Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel."

Joel 2:25

I will make up for the years that the 'arbeh-locust consumed your crops -- the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust -- my great army that I sent against you.

Exodus 10:14-15

The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in all the territory of Egypt. It was very severe; there had been no locusts like them before, nor will there be such ever again.

Joel 2:3

Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness -- for nothing escapes them!

Amos 4:9

"I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

Amos 7:1-2

The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)

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