In Deuteronomy 28 of Deuteronomy .
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
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זֶ֥רַע zera seed זֶ֥רַע zera seed זֶרַע noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “seed”, the ordinary form H2233 seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time. רַ֖ב rav abound רַ֖ב rav abound רַב adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary form H7227 abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),… תּוֹצִ֣יא totsi bring forth תּוֹצִ֣יא totsi bring forth יָצָא verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, an unfinished action H3318 to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail… הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה hasadeh the field הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה hasadeh the field שָׂדֶה definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the field”, the ordinary form H7704 a field (as flat) country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild. וּמְעַ֣ט umeat and little וּמְעַ֣ט umeat and little מְעַט conjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and little”, the ordinary form H4592 a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very. תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף teesof destroy תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף teesof destroy אָסַף verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished action H622 to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly… כִּ֥י ki assured כִּ֥י ki assured כִּי conjunction — “assured” H3588 (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til… יַחְסְלֶ֖נּוּ yachselenv consume יַחְסְלֶ֖נּוּ yachselenv consume חָסַל verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “consume”, an unfinished action H2628 to eat off consume. הָאַרְבֶּֽה ׃ haarbeh the locust הָאַרְבֶּֽה haarbeh the locust אַרְבֶּה definite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the locust”, the ordinary form H697 a locust (from its rapid increase) grasshopper, locust. Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
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American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Young’s Literal Translation 'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;
World English Bible You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in, for the locust will consume it.
Darby Translation Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
Douay-Rheims Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.
Jewish Publication Society (1917) Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English Thou shalt carry forth much seed into the field, and thou shalt bring in little, because the locust shall devour it.
Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851) Σπέρμα πολὺ ἐξοίσεις εἰς τὸ πεδίον, καὶ ὀλίγα εἰσοίσεις, ὅτι κατέδεται αὐτὰ ἡ ἀκρίς·
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