Deuteronomy 28:38
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
In context
36 The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
39 You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
Deuteronomy 28:38 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
- KJV King James Version
- Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
- WEB World English Bible
- You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will consume it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Thou shalt carry much seed into the field, and shalt gather but little: for the locust shall consume it.