King James Version

Amos 4:9

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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הִכֵּ֣יתִיhikeytistrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “strike”, a completed actionH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.אֶתְכֶם֮etkhemobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בַּשִּׁדָּפ֣וֹןbashidafonin blastedשְׁדֵפָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in blasted”, the ordinary formH7711blightblasted(-ing).וּבַיֵּרָקוֹן֒uvayeraqonand in greenishיֵרָקוֹןconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in greenish”, the ordinary formH3420paleness, whether of persons (from fright), or of plants (from drought)greenish, yellow.הַרְבּ֨וֹתharbotincreaseרָבָהverb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “increase”, the to-form of the verbH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…גַּנּוֹתֵיכֶ֧םganoteykhemgardenגַּנָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “garden”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1593a gardengarden.וְכַרְמֵיכֶ֛םvekharmeykhemand vineyardכֶּרֶםconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and vineyard”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3754a garden or vineyardvines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also H1021 (בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם).וּתְאֵנֵיכֶ֥םuteeneykhemand figתְּאֵןconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and fig”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8384the fig (tree or fruit)fig (tree).וְזֵיתֵיכֶ֖םvezeyteykhemand oliveזַיִתconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and olive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2132an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berryolive (tree, -yard), Olivet.יֹאכַ֣לyokhaleatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.הַגָּזָ֑םhagazamthe palmer-wormגָּזָםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the palmer-worm”, the ordinary formH1501a kind of locustpalmer-worm.וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…שַׁבְתֶּ֥םshavtemagainשׁוּבverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “again”, a completed actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…עָדַ֖יadayevenעַדpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.נְאֻםneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew; the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured; yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have smitten you with blasting and with mildew, The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, And of your figs, and of your olives, Eat doth the palmer-worm, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

World English Bible

“I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards, and the swarming locusts have devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.

Darby Translation

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew; the palmer-worm hath devoured the multitude of your gardens, and your vineyards, and your fig-trees and your olive-trees: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I smote you with parching, and with blight: ye multiplied your gardens, your vineyards, and your fig-grounds, and the cankerworm devoured your oliveyards: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπάταξα ὑμᾶς ἐν πυρώσει, καὶ ἐν ἰκτέρῳ· ἐπληθύνατε κήπους ὑμῶν, ἀμπελῶνας ὑμῶν, καὶ συκεῶνας ὑμῶν· καὶ ἐλαιῶνας ὑμῶν κατέφαγεν ἡ κάμπη· καὶ οὐδʼ ὡς ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς μὲ, λέγει Κύριος.