Joel 1:4
What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten; and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
KJV1611 – Modern English
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.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
That which the palmer-worm{H1501} hath left{H3499} hath the locust{H697} eaten;{H398} and that which the locust{H697} hath left{H3499} hath the canker-worm{H3218} eaten;{H398} and that which the canker-worm{H3218} hath left{H3499} hath the caterpillar{H2625} eaten.{H398}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
That which the palmerworm{H1501} hath left{H3499} hath the locust{H697} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}; and that which the locust{H697} hath left{H3499} hath the cankerworm{H3218} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}; and that which the cankerworm{H3218} hath left{H3499} hath the caterpiller{H2625} eaten{H398}{(H8804)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Loke what the caterpiller hath lefte, yt hath the greshopper eaten vp: what the greshopper lefte, that hath the locuste eaten vp: & what the locuste hath lefte, that hath the blastinge consumed.
Geneva Bible (1560)
That which is left of ye palmer worme, hath the grashopper eaten, & the residue of ye grashopper hath the canker worme eaten, and the residue of the canker worme hath the caterpiller eaten.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
That which the caterpiller hath left the grashopper hath eaten, and what the grashopper left hath the canker worme eaten, and what the canker worme left the locust hath deuoured.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Webster's Bible (1833)
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
What is left of the palmer-worm, eaten hath the locust, And what is left of the locust, Eaten hath the cankerworm, And what is left of the cankerworm, Eaten hath the caterpillar.
American Standard Version (1901)
That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
American Standard Version (1901)
That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.
World English Bible (2000)
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
What the gazam-locust left the‘arbeh-locust consumed, what the‘arbeh-locust left the yeleq-locust consumed, and what the yeleq-locust left the hasil-locust consumed!
Referenced Verses
- Joel 2:25 : 25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten—the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—my great army that I sent among you.
- Amos 4:9 : 9 I struck you with blight and mildew; the locust devoured your many gardens, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.
- Amos 7:1 : 1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest.
- Exod 10:4 : 4 If you refuse to let my people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
- Deut 28:38 : 38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.
- Ps 78:46 : 46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
- Ps 105:34 : 34 He spoke, and locusts came, young locusts without number.
- Isa 33:4 : 4 Your plunder will be gathered like the gathering of locusts; people will swarm over it like locusts swarming.
- Jer 51:14 : 14 The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself, 'Surely, I will fill you with men as numerous as locusts, and they will raise a shout of triumph over you.'
- Jer 51:27 : 27 Raise a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her. Summon the kingdoms: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her. Bring up horses like swarming locusts!
- Deut 28:42 : 42 Swarms of insects will take possession of all your trees and the produce of your land.
- 1 Kgs 8:37 : 37 When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight, mildew, locusts, or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, or whatever disaster or disease may come,
- 2 Chr 6:28 : 28 When famine or plague comes to the land, blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or if an enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,
- 2 Chr 7:13 : 13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,
- Exod 10:12-15 : 12 And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt so that locusts may swarm over the land and consume every plant that the hail has left." 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and night. By morning, the wind had brought the locusts. 14 The locusts came up over the entire land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of the land in such large numbers that they had never been seen before, nor will they ever be seen again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that it was darkened. They devoured every plant in the land, all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on a tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
- Nah 3:15-17 : 15 There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts. 16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The young locust strips the land and flies away. 17 Your crowned guards are like locusts, and your officials are like swarms of locusts camping in the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they flee away, and no one knows where they are.
- Rev 9:3-7 : 3 Out of the smoke, locusts came down to the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, any green plant, or any tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them. 7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.
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25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten—the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—my great army that I sent among you.
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9 I struck you with blight and mildew; the locust devoured your many gardens, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.
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34 He spoke, and locusts came, young locusts without number.
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1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest.
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4 Your plunder will be gathered like the gathering of locusts; people will swarm over it like locusts swarming.
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38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it.
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11 Be ashamed, you farmers; wail, you vinekeepers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
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22 Of them you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.
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14 The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself, 'Surely, I will fill you with men as numerous as locusts, and they will raise a shout of triumph over you.'
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13 I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, no figs on the tree, and even the leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them.
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29 In those days, people will no longer say, 'The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth were set on edge.'
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7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers.
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7 But at dawn the next day, God appointed a worm, which attacked the plant so that it withered.
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6 Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that is beaten: two or three berries at the top of the highest branch, four or five on its fruitful branches, declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
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6 Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants bear the guilt. Therefore, the earth’s inhabitants are burned, and few people are left.
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13 Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
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12 Only desolation is left in the city; the gate is battered into ruins.
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5 The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.
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11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sake, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your ground. Your vine in the field will not fail to bear fruit, says the Lord of Hosts.
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20 Disaster upon disaster is announced, for the whole land is devastated. Suddenly, my tents are ruined, my curtains in a moment.
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27 Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks.
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4 They camped against them and destroyed the crops of the land all the way to Gaza, leaving nothing for the Israelites to live on—not even sheep, cattle, or donkeys.
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7 For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.