Deuteronomy 28:38
What does Deuteronomy 28:38 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
Context
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.
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