2 occurrences in 5 translations

'Devastate' in the Bible

For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

And the people saw him, and they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given into our hand those who hate us, devastate our land, and have {killed many of us}."

Verse ConceptsPraise, Reasons ForVictory, As An Act Of GodGiven Into One's Hands

Bible Theasaurus

Desolate (212 instances)
Devastate (25 instances)
Ravage (15 instances)
Scourge (23 instances)

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