King James Version

Isaiah 24:11

There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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צְוָחָ֥הtsevachahcryצְוָחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cry”, the ordinary formH6682a screech (of anguish)cry(-ing).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַיַּ֖יִןhayayinthe wineיַיִןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the wine”, the ordinary formH3196wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxicationbanqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).בַּֽחוּצ֑וֹתbachutsotin abroadחוּץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.עָֽרְבָה֙arevaheveningעָרַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “evening”, a completed actionH6150to grow dusky at sundownbe darkened, (toward) evening.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).שִׂמְחָ֔הsimchahgladnessשִׂמְחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “gladness”, the ordinary formH8057blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)[idiom] exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).גָּלָ֖הgalahexileגָּלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “exile”, a completed actionH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.מְשׂ֥וֹשׂmesosmirthמָשׂוֹשׂnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “mirth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4885delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)joy, mirth, rejoice.הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

Young’s Literal Translation

A cry over the wine [is] in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.

World English Bible

There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

Darby Translation

There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;

Douay-Rheims

There shall be a crying for wine in the streets: all mirth is forsaken: the joy of the earth is gone away.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There is a howling for the wine everywhere; all the mirth of the land has ceased, all the mirth of the land has departed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὀλολύζεται περὶ τοῦ οἴνου πανταχῇ, πέπαυται πᾶσα εὐφροσύνη τῆς γῆς, ἀπῆλθε πᾶσα εὐφροσύνη τῆς γῆς.