Exodus 10:14

Egypt

¹² Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

¹³ So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.

¹⁵ They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

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BSB: The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
KJV: And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
WEB: The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, nor will there ever be again.
ASV: And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
DARBY: And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt, very grievous; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them will be such.
BLB: And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the territory of Egypt. [It was] very severe; before them there had never been such a locust as it, and after it there shall never be such.

ÅB: Og gresshoppene kom inn over hele Egypt og slo seg ned i hele Egypt i store mengder; aldri hadde det før vært en slik gresshoppesverm, og aldri vil det komme noen slik mere.
OTB: Gresshoppene kom opp over hele Egyptens land og slo seg ned i hele Egyptens område i stort antall. Aldri før hadde det vært en slik plage av gresshopper, og det vil aldri bli igjen.
B1930: Og gresshoppene kom inn over hele Egyptens land og slo sig ned i hele Egypten i store mengder; aldri hadde det før vært en slik gresshoppesverm, og aldri vil det komme nogen slik mere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 78:46
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
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Joel 1:2–4
Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
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Joel 2:1–11
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
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Revelation 9:3–7
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 28:42
Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
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1 Kings 8:37
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
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Exodus 11:6
Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
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Exodus 10:5–6
They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.
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