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Psalms 78:46

78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

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He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

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

He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.

78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. destroyed: Heb. killed frost: or, great hailstones

What does Psalms 78:46 mean?

Psalms 78:46 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָתַן (nâthan), יְבוּל (yᵉbûwl), חָסִיל (châçîyl).

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He
gaveנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
also
their
increaseיְבוּלyᵉbûwl/yeb-ool'/H2981produce, i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth
unto
the
caterpiller,חָסִילchâçîyl/khaw-seel'/H2625the ravager, i.e. a locust
and
their
labourיְגִיעַyᵉgîyaʻ/yeg-ee'-ah/H3018toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)
unto
the
locust.אַרְבֶּהʼarbeh/ar-beh'/H697a locust (from its rapid increase)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 78:46.

1 Kings 8:37

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; cities: or, jurisdiction

2 Chronicles 6:28

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: in the cities: Heb. in the land of their gates

Joel 1:4

That 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. That which the palmerworm: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm

Joel 2:25

And 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.

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What does Psalms 78:46 say?

Psalms 78:46 (King James Version) reads: "He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust."

Is Psalms 78:46 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 78:46 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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