Deuteronomy 28:38
World English Bible (WEB)
You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will consume it.
In context
36 The LORD will bring you, and your king whom you will set over yourselves, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers. There you will serve other gods of wood and stone.
37 You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.
38 You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will consume it.
39 You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them.
40 You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.
Deuteronomy 28:38 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts 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.