King James Version

Joel 1:11

Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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הֹבִ֣ישׁוּhovishvbe confoundedבּוּשׁverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be confounded”, a commandH954properly, 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.אִכָּרִ֗יםikarimhusbandmanאִכָּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “husbandman”, the ordinary formH406a farmerhusbandman, ploughman.הֵילִ֨ילוּ֙heylilvhowlיָלַלverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “howl”, a commandH3213to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)(make to) howl, be howling.כֹּֽרְמִ֔יםkoremimvine dresserכֹּרֵםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “vine dresser”, the ordinary formH3755a vinedresservine dresser (as one or two words).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…חִטָּ֖הchitahwheatחִטָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wheat”, the ordinary formH2406wheat, whether the grain or the plantwheat(-en).וְעַלvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שְׂעֹרָ֑הseorahbarleyשְׂעֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “barley”, the ordinary formH8184barley (as villose)barley.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…אָבַ֖דavaddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.קְצִ֥ירqetsirharvestקָצִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “harvest”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7105severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)bough, branch, harvest (man).שָׂדֶֽהsadehfieldשָׂדֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.

Young’s Literal Translation

Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field.

World English Bible

Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.

Darby Translation

Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.

Douay-Rheims

The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

the husbandmen are consumed: mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley; for the harvest has perished from off the field.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξηράνθησαν γεωργοί· θρηνεῖτε κτήματα ὑπὲρ πυροῦ καὶ κριθῆς, ὅτι ἀπόλωλε τρυγητὸς ἐξ ἀγροῦ·