Exodus 10:5

ESV and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field,

NIV They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.

NASB And they will cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has survived—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree of yours which grows in the field.

CSB They will cover the surface of the land so that no one will be able to see the land. They will eat the remainder left to you that escaped the hail; they will eat every tree you have growing in the fields.

NLT They will cover the land so that you won’t be able to see the ground. They will devour what little is left of your crops after the hailstorm, including all the trees growing in the fields.

KJV And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

NKJV And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field.

What does Exodus 10:5 mean?

Moses and Aaron have predicted a plague of locusts (Exodus 10:4) if Pharaoh refuses to free the Hebrew slaves (Exodus 10:3). Locusts are a form taken on by grasshoppers under certain conditions. Compared to typical grasshoppers, locusts are more aggressive, hungrier, and driven to gather close to each other. When their numbers rise, locust swarms can ruin crops by quickly eating everything before flying away to do the same thing again.

The plague threatened on Egypt is epic: worse than anything ever seen before (Exodus 10:6). The nation has already been devastated by a hailstorm that crushed crops and destroyed trees (Exodus 9:24–25). Everything that recovered from hailstones will be eaten by swarming insects. There will be so many locusts that a person won't be able to see the ground. Fields and houses will be completely overrun.

Ancient people knew well what locusts could do. Pharaoh's advisors will react to this threat by begging their king to negotiate with Moses (Exodus 10:7).

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