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Exodus 10

Exodus 10:5

The Eighth Plague: Locusts · Exodus 10:1–20
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
Literal
And it shall cover the eye of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. And it shall eat the remnant of what is left, what remains for you from the hail, and it shall eat every tree that grows for you from the field.
Latin
…quæ operiat superficiem terræ, ne quidquam ejus appareat, sed comedatur quod residuum fuerit grandini: corrodet enim omnia ligna quæ germinant in agris.

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Exodus 10:1–20

The eighth plague was the plague of locusts (10:4). Enough time had passed since the previous plague for the wheat and spelt to sprout (see 9:32).

The Egyptian god Osiris was highly honored by the people in Egypt. Egyptians believed he went down into the underworld and brought plant life back in the spring. For them, he was connected with renewal and life after death.

This second and climactic attack on plant life showed that even Osiris had no power before the Lord. God alone controls life and death.

New plants that grow in the spring do not give eternal life. True life comes from the Lord, not from nature or from any false god.

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Egypt Moses Pharaoh The Plagues

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Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Numbers and Numerology Plague Plagues upon Egypt

Topics

Animals: Instruments of God's Will Locust: Plague of Plague: Locusts The Locust: One of the Plagues of Egypt Trees: Often Suffered From: Locusts