38You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.


In Context

35 The LORD shall smite you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

36 The LORD shall bring you, and your king which you shall set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.

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

39 You shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast his fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust shall consume it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:38You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:38Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:38Thou shalt carry much seed into the field, and shalt gather but little: for the locust shall consume it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:38You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:38'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;