Deuteronomy 28:42
40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
43 The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
- KJV
- All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
- WEB
- Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground.
- ASV
- All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
- DARBY
- All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
- BLB
- The locust shall consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
- ÅB
- Alle dine trær og din jords frukt skal gresshoppen ta i eie.
- OTB
- Svermer av gresshopper vil fortære alle dine trær og avlingene på ditt land.
- B1930
- Alle dine trær og din jords frukt skal gresshoppen ta i eie.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 7:1–2
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:38–39
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
Read in context