King James Version
psalm 78:46 in the King James Version says “He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.” — study this verse from psalm chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.”
psalm 78:46 · KJV
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
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.
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. destroyed: Heb. killed frost: or, great hailstones
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. gave: Heb. shut up hot: or, lightnings
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