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Deuteronomy 28:39
Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes]: for the worm shall eat them.
Deuteronomy 28:39 · Webster Bible
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Deuteronomy 28:39 in other translations
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, because worms will eat them.
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In context
36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed into the field, and shalt gather [but] little: for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes]: for the worm shall eat them.
40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint [thyself] with the oil: for thy olive shall cast [its fruit].
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them: for they shall go into captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
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