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


In Context

35 Yahweh will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

36 Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.

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

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

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