Parallel Verses
World English Bible
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume 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.
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.
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 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away. 38 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worm shall eat them.
Cross References
Joel 1:4
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
Micah 6:15
You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
Haggai 1:6
You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."
Isaiah 5:10
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah."
Joel 2:25
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
Exodus 10:14-15
The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
Joel 2:3
A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
Amos 4:9
"I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and your fig trees and your olive trees have the swarming locust devoured: yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.
Amos 7:1-2
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's harvest.