15 Or “if.”
16 Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
17 Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.

In other versions

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,

If I shut the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on my people,

At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.

When I hold back the heavens so that there is not rain, and when I command the locust to devour the earth, and if I send disease among my people,

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

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