Exodus 10:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.”

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BSBPD

“They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and it hath covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it hath eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it hath eaten every tree which is springing for you out of the field;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 10:5 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:32but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)
  2. Joel 1:4What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
  3. Joel 2:25I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust— My great army that I sent against you.

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