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Deuteronomy 28:38

Deuteronomy chapter 28 · verse 38 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

Context

v.37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

v.38This passage

v.39Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 4:9

    I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

  • Exodus 10:14

    And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

  • Joel 2:3

    A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

  • Joel 1:4

    That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

  • Amos 7:1

    Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.

  • Haggai 1:6

    Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.