the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
Parallel translations
- WEB The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
- KJV The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
- NKJV The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;
- NASB The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks;
- NLT Locusts—they have no king, but they march in formation.
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Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in orderly ranks.
Overview
Though leaderless, locusts move with remarkable unity and coordination. Their instinctive order illustrates the wisdom of cooperation and disciplined common purpose. It commends harmony and shared effort among God's people, a unity ultimately secured by the one Lord who gathers His church into one body.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Joel 1:6–7For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
- Joel 2:25I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
- Joel 2:7–11They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
- Exod 10:4–6But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
- Ps 105:34He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
- Joel 1:4What 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.
- Exod 10:13–15So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
- Rev 9:3–11And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
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