Deuteronomy 28:38 “You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the lo…”

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt carie out much seede into the fielde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the grashoppers shall destroy it.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth 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.

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Cross references

“shalt carry”

Haggai 1:6 Micah 6:15 Isaiah 5:10

Haggai 1:6 · BSB

You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

Micah 6:15 · BSB

You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

Isaiah 5:10 · BSB

For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain. ”

“for the locust”

Joel 1:4 Joel 2:25 Amos 4:9 Joel 2:3 Exodus 10:14 Exodus 10:15

Joel 1:4 · BSB

What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

Joel 2:25 · BSB

I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.

Amos 4:9 · BSB

“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

Joel 2:3 · BSB

Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.

Exodus 10:14 · BSB

The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.

Exodus 10:15 · BSB

They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all th…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

39You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

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