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Berean Standard Bible

“What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.”

Joel 1:4

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Joel opens with a call to listen to a devastating plague of locusts that has stripped the land. The prophet uses this disaster to call the people to repent.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

World English Bible (WEB)

What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Lo que quedó de la oruga comió la langosta, y lo que quedó de la langosta comió el pulgón; y el revoltón comió lo que del pulgón había quedado.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¡Todos los cultivos fueron devorados por las plagas! Primero vinieron las orugas y se comieron una parte. Luego vinieron las langostas y acabaron con otra parte. Después de estas vinieron sucesivamente pulgones y saltamontes y se comieron lo poco que quedaba.

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