^10:5They will cover¹⁶ the surface¹⁷ of the earth, so that you¹⁸ will be unable to see the ground. They will eat the remainder of what escaped¹⁹—what is left over²⁰ for you—from the hail, and they will eat every tree that grows for you from the field.

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Footnotes

16 The verbs describing the locusts are singular because it is a swarm or plague of locusts. This verb (וְכִסָּה, vékhissah, “cover”) is a Piel perfect with a vav consecutive; it carries the same future nuance as the participle before it.
17 Heb “eye,” an unusual expression (see v. 15; Num 22:5, 11).
18 The text has לִרְאֹת וְלֹא יוּכַל (vélo’ yukhal lir’ot, “and he will not be able to see”). The verb has no expressed subjects. The clause might, therefore, be given a passive translation: “so that [it] cannot be seen.” The whole clause is the result of the previous statement.
19 As the next phrase explains “what escaped” refers to what the previous plague did not destroy. The locusts will devour everything, because there will not be much left from the other plagues for them to eat.
20 הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת (hannish’eret) parallels (by apposition) and adds further emphasis to the preceding two words; it is the Niphal participle, meaning “that which is left over.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they will cover the surface of the land, and no one will be able to see the land, and they will eat the remainder of what is left—what is left over for you from the hail—and they will eat every sprouting tree belonging to you from the field.

KJV 1900King James Version

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:

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