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Joel 1:4

World English Bible

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.

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Joel 1:4 in other translations

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.

Joel 1:4 · American Standard Version

Joel 1:4 in context

  1. 2Hear this, you elders,
    And listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
    Has this ever happened in your days,
    or in the days of your fathers?
  2. 3Tell your children about it,
    and have your children tell their children,
    and their children, another generation.
  3. 4What 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.
  4. 5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine;
    for it is cut off from your mouth.
  5. 6For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number.
    His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
    and he has the fangs of a lioness.