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1 Kings 8:37

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

KJV

Fames si oborta fuerit in terra, aut pestilentia, aut corruptus aër, aut ærugo, aut locusta, vel rubigo, et afflixerit eum inimicus ejus portas obsidens : omnis plaga, universa infirmitas,

Vulgate

λιμὸς ἐὰν γένηται, θάνατος ἐὰν γένηται, ὅτι ἔσται ἐνπυρισμός, βροῦχος, ἐρυσίβη ἐὰν γένηται, καὶ ἐὰν θλίψῃ αὐτὸν ἐχθρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων αὐτοῦ, πᾶν συνάντημα, πᾶν πόνον,

LXX

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

ASV

רָעָ֞ב כִּֽי יִהְיֶ֣ה בָ/אָ֗רֶץ דֶּ֣בֶר כִּֽי יִ֠הְיֶה שִׁדָּפ֨וֹן יֵרָק֜וֹן אַרְבֶּ֤ה חָסִיל֙ כִּ֣י יִהְיֶ֔ה כִּ֧י יָֽצַר ל֛/וֹ אֹיְב֖/וֹ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ שְׁעָרָ֑י/ו כָּל נֶ֖גַע כָּֽל מַחֲלָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַרְבֶּ֔ה
'rbh
noun · 24×
דָּ֑בֶר
dbr
noun · 49×
חָסִיל֙
chsyl
noun · 6×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
verb · 53×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֵרָק֜וֹן
yrqvn
noun · 6×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַחֲלָֽה
mchlh
noun · 6×
נֶּ֖גַע
ng'
noun · 78×
רָעָ֖ב
r'b
noun · 101×
שִׁדָּפ֨וֹן
shdpvn
noun · 6×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 6:28 — If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoe
  • 2Chr 20:9 — If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, t
  • 2Chr 20:9 — If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, t
  • Deut 28:21 — The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
  • Deut 28:22 — The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue the
  • Deut 28:38 — Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
  • Hag 2:17 — I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
  • Joel 1:4 — That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
  • Lev 26:16 — I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for yo
  • Mark 5:29 — And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
  • Ps 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.