Deuteronomy 28:42
in Deuteronomy 28Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
KJV
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAll thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. Which is a creature that not only consumes grass, and herbs, and the corn of the field, but all green trees; see Exo 10:15. This sort here has its name from the shade they make, hiding the light of the sun, and darkening the face of the earth at no on day; or from the noise they make with their wings in flying; see Joe 2:5.
This site's exposition
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little
on Deuteronomy 28:38-42
Five verses of labor come to nothing: seed and locust, vineyard and worm, olive and dropped fruit, children and captivity, and the locust again. This curse leaves the work standing and takes away the yield, a different stroke from plague and sword.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֵצְךָ֖ | ʾetzekha | tree your | H6086 → | 328 times |
| וּפְרִ֣י | uferi | and [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ | ʾadmatekha | ground your | H127 → | 225 times |
| יְיָרֵ֖שׁ | yeyaresh | it will take possession of | H3423 → | 231 times |
| הַצְּלָצַֽל׃ | hatzelatzal | the locust[s] | H6767 → |
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עֵצְךָ֖tree your
ʾetzekhaH6086 →328 times
וּפְרִ֣יand [the] fruit of
uferiH6529 →119 times
אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָground your
ʾadmatekhaH127 →225 times
יְיָרֵ֖שׁit will take possession of
yeyareshH3423 →231 times
הַצְּלָצַֽל׃the locust[s]
hatzelatzalH6767 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.