Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 42

Deuteronomy 28:42

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
Deuteronomy 28:42, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:42 in other translations

BSBSwarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
WEBLocusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground.
ASVAll thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
YLTall thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess;
DARBYAll thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.
BBEAll your trees and the fruit of your land will be the locust's.
WebsterAll thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

What does Deuteronomy 28:42 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15-44

If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under…

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Deuteronomy 28:42 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
עֵצְךָ֖'e.tze.Khatree yourH6086
וּפְרִ֣יu.fe.Riand [the] fruit ofH6529
אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ'ad.ma.Te.khaground yourH127
יְיָרֵ֖שׁye.ya.Reshit will take possession ofH3423
הַצְּלָצַֽל\׃ha.tze.la.Tzalthe locust[s]H6767

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:42

  • Amos 7:1-2

    Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

  • Deuteronomy 28:38-39

    Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy trees.
38,39; Am 7:1,2
consume. or, possess.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:41

    Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

  • Deuteronomy 28:42

    All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

  • Deuteronomy 28:43

    The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

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Deuteronomy 28:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Toda tu arboleda y el fruto de tu tierra consumirá la langosta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le hanneton possédera tous tes arbres et le fruit de ta terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle deine Bäume und die Frucht deines Landes wird die Grille in Besitz nehmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terræ tuæ rubigo consumet.