Isaiah 33:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.O nations is added for clarity.

KJV

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

WEB

Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

ASV

And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.

LSV

And Your spoil has been gathered, || A gathering of the caterpillar, || As a running to and fro of locusts || He is running on it.

YLT

And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

DBY

And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running of locusts shall they run upon it.

DRC

And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.

GNV

And your spoyle shall be gathered like the gathering of caterpillers: and he shall go against him like the leaping of grashoppers.

JPS

And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

LXXE

And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you.

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WLC

וְאֻסַּ֣ף שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם אֹ֖סֶף הֶֽחָסִ֑יל כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק גֵּבִ֖ים שׁוֹקֵ֥ק בּֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Νῦν δὲ συναχθήσεται τὰ σκῦλα ὑμῶν μικροῦ καὶ μεγάλου· ὃν τρόπον ἐάν τις συναγάγῃ ἀκρίδας, οὕτως ἐμπαίξουσιν ὑμῖν.

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• 2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because…
• Joel 2:9They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
• Joel 2:25I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.
• Isaiah 33:23Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
• 2 Chronicles 14:13Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
• 2 Kings 7:15–16And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king. Then the people went…

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