King James Version

Isaiah 34:9

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

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וְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּvenehefkhvand changeהָפַךְconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and change”, a completed action in a sequenceH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).נְחָלֶ֨יהָ֙nechaleyhabrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.לְזֶ֔פֶתlezefetto pitchזֶפֶתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to pitch”, the ordinary formH2203asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)pitch.וַעֲפָרָ֖הּvaafarahand dustעָפָרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and dust”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.לְגָפְרִ֑יתlegaferitto brimstoneגׇּפְרִיתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to brimstone”, the ordinary formH1614properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)brimstone.וְהָיְתָ֣הvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to 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.אַרְצָ֔הּartsahearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.לְזֶ֖פֶתlezefetto pitchזֶפֶתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to pitch”, the ordinary formH2203asphalt (from its tendency to soften in the sun)pitch.בֹּעֵרָֽהboerahbe brutishבָּעַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “be brutish”, a verb used as a describing wordH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

Young’s Literal Translation

And turned have been her streams to pitch, And her dust to brimstone, And her land hath become burning pitch.

World English Bible

Its streams will be turned into pitch, its dust into sulfur, and its land will become burning pitch.

Darby Translation

And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone; yea, the land thereof shall become burning pitch:

Douay-Rheims

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the ground thereof into brimstone: and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And her valleys shall be turned into pitch, and her land into sulphur; and her land shall be as pitch burning night and day;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ στραφήσονται αἱ φάραγγες αὐτῆς εἰς πίσσαν, καὶ ἡ γῆ αὐτῆς εἰς θεῖον· καὶ ἔσται ἡ γῆ αὐτῆς ὡς πίσσα καιομένη

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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