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


In Context

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

36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

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

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

40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast [his fruit. ]

Deuteronomy 28:38 in Other Translations

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;

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.