Deuteronomy 28:42
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.”
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BSBPD
“Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:42 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
- 1 Kings 8:37When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
- Amos 4:9“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 7:1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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