King James Version

Isaiah 24:10

The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

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נִשְׁבְּרָ֖הnishberahbreakשָׁבַרverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).קִרְיַתqiryatcityקִרְיָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7151building; a citycity.תֹּ֑הוּtohvvainתֹּהוּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “vain”, the ordinary formH8414a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vainconfusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.סֻגַּ֥רsugarshutסָגַרverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shut”, a completed actionH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).בַּ֖יִתbayitfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…מִבּֽוֹאmibofrom to comeבּוֹאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “from to come”, the to-form of the verbH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

Young’s Literal Translation

It was broken down — a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance.

World English Bible

The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

Darby Translation

The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.

Douay-Rheims

The city of vanity is broken down, every house is shut up, no man cometh in.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Broken down is the city of wasteness; every house is shut up, that none may come in.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἠρημώθη πᾶσα πόλις, κλείσει οἰκίαν τοῦ μὴ εἰσελθεῖν.