Exodus 10:15
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.
14 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.
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.
17 Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
- WEB
- 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 which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
- ASV
- For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
- DARBY
- And they covered the face of the whole land, 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 there remained not any green thing on the trees, and in the herbs of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
- BLB
- And it covered the eye of all the land, and the land was darkened. And it ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. And there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field in all the land of Egypt.
- ÅB
- De dekket hele landet, så landet ble mørkt, og de spiste opp alle urter i landet og all frukt på trærne som haglet hadde levnet, og det ble intet grønt tilbake på trærne eller på markens urter i hele Egypt.
- OTB
- De dekket hele landets overflate til det ble mørkt. De fortærte hver plante i landet og all frukten på trærne som haglet hadde latt være. Ingenting grønt ble igjen på tre eller plante i hele Egyptens land.
- B1930
- De dekket hele landet, så landet blev mørkt, og de åt op alle urter i landet og all frukt på trærne som haglet hadde levnet, og det blev intet grønt tilbake på trærne eller på markens urter i hele Egyptens land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 10:5
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.
Read in contextPsalms 105:34–35
He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
Read in contextJoel 1:6–7
For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
Read in contextJoel 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—
Read in contextJoel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.
Read in contextPsalms 78:46
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
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