Psalms 105:34
He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; so many that they could not be counted.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
In Context
33The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the other trees.
35The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
Cross References
Exodus 10:12Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach out your hand as though you were stretching it over the land to welcome the locusts. They will come to the country of Egypt and eat every plant that is left in the land, every plant that the hail has not destroyed.”
Exodus 10:15They covered the surface of the ground and made it appear black. They ate all the plants in the land and everything on the trees that had not been destroyed by the hail. Nothing that was green was left on any plant or on any tree, anywhere in Egypt.
Joel 1:4I am talking about the locusts that have eaten our crops. The first swarm of locusts came and cut many of the leaves of the crops; then another swarm came and ate the rest of the leaves, then another swarm came hopping along, and finally another swarm came and they destroyed everything else.
Revelation 9:3Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. They were given { God gave them} power to sting people, like scorpions sting people.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:26-45
Israel's Deliverance Out of Egypt. 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and… Read the whole commentary →