King James Version

Isaiah 24:4

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

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אָבְלָ֤הavelahlamentאָבַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “lament”, a completed actionH56to bewaillament, mourn.נָֽבְלָה֙navelahdisgraceנָבֵלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “disgrace”, a completed actionH5034to 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.הָאָ֔רֶץhaaretsthe 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.אֻמְלְלָ֥הumlelahbe weakאָמַלverb, pulal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be weak”, a completed actionH535to droop; by implication to be sick, to mournlanguish, be weak, wax feeble.נָבְלָ֖הnavelahdisgraceנָבֵלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “disgrace”, a completed actionH5034to 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.תֵּבֵ֑לtevelhabitable partתֵּבֵלnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “habitable part”, the ordinary formH8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestinehabitable part, world.אֻמְלָ֖לוּumlalvbe weakאָמַלverb, pulal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be weak”, a completed actionH535to droop; by implication to be sick, to mournlanguish, be weak, wax feeble.מְר֥וֹםmeromaboveמָרוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “above”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)(far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.עַםampeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.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)

The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

Young’s Literal Translation

Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they — the high place of the people of the land.

World English Bible

The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

Darby Translation

The land mourneth, it fadeth away; the world languisheth, it fadeth away: the haughty people of the land do languish.

Douay-Rheims

The earth mourned, and faded away, and is weakened: the world faded away, the height of the people of the earth is weakened.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπένθησεν ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἐφθάρη ἡ οἰκουμένη, ἐπένθησαν οἱ ὑψηλοὶ τῆς γῆς.