King James Version

Joel 1:10

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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שֻׁדַּ֣דshudaddeadשָׁדַדverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dead”, a completed actionH7703properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravagedead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.שָׂדֶ֔הsadehfieldשָׂדֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.אָבְלָ֖הavelahlamentאָבַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “lament”, a completed actionH56to bewaillament, mourn.אֲדָמָ֑הadamahcountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “country”, the ordinary formH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.כִּ֚יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שֻׁדַּ֣דshudaddeadשָׁדַדverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dead”, a completed actionH7703properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravagedead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.דָּגָ֔ןdagancornדָּגָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “corn”, the ordinary formH1715properly, increase, i.e. graincorn (floor), wheat.הוֹבִ֥ישׁhovishbe ashamedיָבֵשׁverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be ashamed”, a completed actionH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).תִּיר֖וֹשׁtiroshwineתִּירוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wine”, the ordinary formH8492must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine(new, sweet) wine.אֻמְלַ֥לumlalbe weakאָמַלverb, pulal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be weak”, a completed actionH535to droop; by implication to be sick, to mournlanguish, be weak, wax feeble.יִצְהָֽרyitsharoil (as producing light)יִצְהָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “oil (as producing light)”, the ordinary formH3323oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing[phrase] anointed oil.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.

World English Bible

The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.

Darby Translation

The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Douay-Rheims

The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For the plains languish: let the land mourn, for the corn languishes; the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὅτι τεταλαιπώρηκε τὰ πεδία· πενθείτω ἡ γῆ, ὅτι τεταλαιπώρηκεν σῖτος· ἐξηράνθη οἶνος, ὠλιγώθη ἔλαιον·