KJV King James Version
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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Psalm 105:34
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
WEB World English Bible
He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
ASV American Standard Version
He spake, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, and that without number,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He hath said, and the locust cometh, And the cankerworm—innumerable,
Surrounding context — Psalm 105
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes.
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Exodus 10:12-15And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, [even] all that the hail hath left.Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.Psalm 78:46He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.Joel 1:4-7That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.Revelation 9:3-10And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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