Deuteronomy 28:38

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֶ֥רַע רַ֖ב תּוֹצִ֣יא הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּמְעַ֣ט תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף כִּ֥י יַחְסְלֶ֖נּוּ הָאַרְבֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

Zeraʿ rab tôṣîʾ the-śādeh û-məʿaṭ teʾĕsōp because yaḥsəlennû the-ʾarbeh.

Grammar Details

• *Zeraʿ*: masculine singular noun - 'seed'
• *rab*: masculine singular adjective - 'much/many'
• *tôṣîʾ*: imperfect Hiphil 2nd masculine singular - 'you will bring out/carry out'
• *śādeh*: masculine singular noun with definite article - 'field'
• *û*: conjunction - 'but/and'
• *məʿaṭ*: masculine singular adjective - 'little/few'
• *teʾĕsōp*: imperfect Qal 2nd masculine singular - 'you will gather/harvest'
• *yaḥsəlennû*: imperfect Qal 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'it will consume it'
• *ʾarbeh*: masculine singular noun with definite article - 'locust'

Word Meanings

• *Zeraʿ rab*: much seed/abundant seed
• *tôṣîʾ*: bring out/carry out to/take out
• *teʾĕsōp*: gather/collect/harvest
• *yaḥsəlennû*: consume it/devour it/eat it up
• *ʾarbeh*: locust/locust swarm

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt carie moch seed out in to the felde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the locustes shall destroye it,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt cary out moch sede in to ye felde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the greshoppers shal destroye it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt carie out much seede into the fielde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the grashoppers shall destroy it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt carry muche seede out into the fielde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the grashoppers shall destroy it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Curse of Reversed Status“You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 1:4 : 4 What the palmerworm has left, the locust has eaten; and what the locust has left, the cankerworm has eaten; and what the cankerworm has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
• Mic 6:15 : 15 You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; and crush grapes, but not drink the wine.
• Hag 1:6 : 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.
• Joel 2:25 : 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
• Amos 4:9 : 9 I have struck you with blight and mildew: when your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees increased, the locust devoured them: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.
• Amos 7:1-2 : 1 Thus the Lord GOD showed to me; and, behold, he formed locusts at the beginning of the late growth; and, lo, it was the late growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
• Joel 2:3 : 3 A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them.
• Exod 10:14-15 : 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the territory of Egypt; they were very grievous; before them there were no locusts like them, nor after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and no green thing remained in the trees or in the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
• Isa 5:10 : 10 Indeed, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.