King James Version

Isaiah 33:11

Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

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תַּהֲר֥וּtaharvbe with childהָרָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be with child”, an unfinished actionH2029to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.חֲשַׁ֖שׁchashashchaffחָשַׁשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “chaff”, the ordinary formH2842dry grasschaff.תֵּ֣לְדוּteledvbearיָלַדverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “bear”, an unfinished actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…קַ֑שׁqashstubbleקַשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “stubble”, the ordinary formH7179straw (as dry)stubble.רוּחֲכֶ֕םruchakhemangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).אֵ֖שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.תֹּאכַלְכֶֽםtokhalkhemeatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

Young’s Literal Translation

Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.

World English Bible

You will conceive chaff. You will give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

Darby Translation

Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath shall devour you [as] fire.

Douay-Rheims

You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ye conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath shall be vain; fire shall devour you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νῦν ὄψεσθε, νῦν αἰσθηθήσεσθε, ματαία ἔσται ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν· πῦρ κατέδεται ὑμᾶς.