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Isaiah 1:30

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

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כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…תִֽהְי֔וּtihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd 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.כְּאֵלָ֖הkeelahas oakאֵלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as oak”, the ordinary formH424an oak or other strong treeelm, oak, teil-tree.נֹבֶ֣לֶתnoveletdisgraceנָבֵלverb, qal, participle, construct — “disgrace”, a verb used as a describing wordH5034to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgracedisgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.עָלֶ֑הָalehaleafעָלֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “leaf”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5929a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliagebranch, leaf.וּֽכְגַנָּ֔הukheganahand as gardenגַּנָּהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and as garden”, the ordinary formH1593a gardengarden.אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…מַ֖יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לָֽהּlahtoלָֽהּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Young’s Literal Translation

For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water.

World English Bible

For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

Darby Translation

For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Douay-Rheims

When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔσονται γὰρ ὡς τερέβινθος ἀποβεβληκυῖα τὰ φύλλα, καὶ ὡς παράδεισος ὕδωρ μὴ ἔχων.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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