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Deuteronomy 28:40

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

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זֵיתִ֛יםzeytimoliveזַיִתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “olive”, the ordinary formH2132an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berryolive (tree, -yard), Olivet.יִהְי֥וּyihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְךָ֖lekhatoלְךָ֖preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toבְּכָלbekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָgevulekhaborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.וְשֶׁ֨מֶן֙veshemenand oliveשֶׁמֶןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and olive”, the ordinary formH8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richnessanointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “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…תָס֔וּךְtasukheanointסוּךְverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “anoint”, an unfinished actionH5480properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anointanoint (self), [idiom] at all.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יִשַּׁ֖לyishalcastנָשַׁלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cast”, an unfinished actionH5394to pluck off, i.e. divest, eject or dropcast (out), drive, loose, put off (out), slip.זֵיתֶֽךָzeytekhaoliveזַיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “olive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2132an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berryolive (tree, -yard), Olivet.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit .

Young’s Literal Translation

olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off.

World English Bible

You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off.

Darby Translation

Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and shalt not be anointed with the oil: for the olives shall fall off and perish.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, because thine olive shall utterly cast its fruit .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐλαῖαι ἔσονταί σοι ἐν πᾶσι τοὶς ὁρίοις σου, καὶ ἔλαιον οὐ χρίσῃ, ὅτι ἐκρυήσεται ἡ ἐλαία σου.