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


In Context

35 May the Lord strike thee with a very sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and be thou incurable from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.

36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king, whom thou shalt have appointed over thee, into a nation which thou and thy fathers know not: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone.

37 And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.

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

39 Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dig it, and shalt not drink the wine, nor gather any thing thereof: because it shall be wasted with worms.

40 Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and shalt not be anointed with the oil: for the olives shall fall off and perish.

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 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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