Deuteronomy 28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
KJV
Sementem multam jacies in terram, et modicum congregabis : quia locustæ devorabunt omnia.
Vulgate
σπέρμα πολὺ ἐξοίσεις εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ ὀλίγα εἰσοίσεις, ὅτι κατέδεται αὐτὰ ἡ ἀκρίς.
LXX
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
ASV
זֶ֥רַע רַ֖ב תּוֹצִ֣יא הַ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה וּ/מְעַ֣ט תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף כִּ֥י יַחְסְלֶ֖/נּוּ הָ/אַרְבֶּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַרְבֶּ֔ה
'rbh
noun · 24×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
y'sp
verb · 200×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
נּוּ
nv
pronoun · 1×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 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 sic
- Amos 4:9 — I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, sai
- Hag 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to pu
- Hag 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to pu
- Isa 17:10 — Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
- Jer 12:13 — They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
- Job 31:8 — Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
- 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.
- 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.
- Joel 2:25 — And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
- Mic 6:15 — Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
- Mic 6:15 — Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
- Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two so