Psalms 78:46

46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.

Psalms 78:46 in Other Translations

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

46 He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

46 He gave their crops to caterpillars; their harvest was consumed by locusts.

46 He turned their harvest over to caterpillars, everything they had worked for to the locusts.

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

46 He gave their crops to grasshoppers and their produce to locusts.

46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust.

46 He gave their crops to the grasshoppers. He gave their food to the locusts.

Psalms 78:46 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:46

He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar
A kind of locust, and the same with the locust in the next clause; for we read but of the locust only in ( Exodus 10:13 )

and their labour unto the locust;
which devoured the increase of the field, all green grass and trees, all sorts of corn, wheat, barley and rye, and the increase of vineyards, and all fruit trees, on which much labour had been used to manure and cultivate; see ( Revelation 9:3 Revelation 9:4 ) this was the eighth plague.

Psalms 78:46 In-Context

44 He turned their river into blood; they could not drink from their streams.

45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet.

48 He gave over their cattle to the hail, their livestock to bolts of lightning.

Cross References

• 1. Nahum 3:15
• 2. S Exodus 10:13