King James Version

Isaiah 37:27

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙veyosheveyhenand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…קִצְרֵיqitsrehastyקָצֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “hasty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7116short (whether in size, number, life, strength or temper)few, hasty, small, soon.יָ֔דyadhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “hand”, the ordinary formH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […חַ֖תּוּchatvabolishחָתַתverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “abolish”, a completed actionH2865properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fearabolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.וָבֹ֑שׁוּvavoshvand be confoundedבּוּשׁconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and be confounded”, a completed actionH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.הָי֞וּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to 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.עֵ֤שֶׂבesevgrassעֶשֶׂבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “grass”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.שָׂדֶה֙sadehfieldשָׂדֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.וִ֣ירַקviraqand greenיָרָקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and green”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3419properly, green; concretely, a vegetablegreen, herbs.דֶּ֔שֶׁאdeshegrassדֶּשֶׁאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH1877a sprout; by analogy, grass(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.חֲצִ֣ירchatsirgrassחָצִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “grass”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2682grass; also a leek (collectively)grass, hay, herb, leek.גַּגּ֔וֹתgagotroofגָּגnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “roof”, the ordinary formH1406a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarroof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).וּשְׁדֵמָ֖הushedemahand fieldשְׁדֵמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and field”, the ordinary formH7709a cultivated fieldblasted, field.לִפְנֵ֥יlifneto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…קָמָֽהqamahstalkקָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stalk”, the ordinary formH7054something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain(standing) corn, grown up, stalk.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of corn before it is grown up.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up. They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn, before it hath risen up.

World English Bible

Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.

Darby Translation

And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [as] the grass of the field and the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.

Douay-Rheims

The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I weakened their hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the house-tops, and as grass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνῆκα τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ ἐξηράνθησαν, καὶ ἐγένοντο ὡς χόρτος ξηρὸς ἐπὶ δωμάτων, καὶ ὡς ἄγρωστις.