King James Version

Joel 1:17

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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עָבְשׁ֣וּaveshvbe rottenעָבַשׁverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be rotten”, a completed actionH5685to dry upbe rotten.פְרֻד֗וֹתferudotseedפְּרֻדָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “seed”, the ordinary formH6507something separated, i.e. a kernelseed.תַּ֚חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םmegrefoteyhemclodמִגְרָפָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “clod”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4053something thrown off (by the spade), i.e. a clodclod.נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙nashamvmake amazedשָׁמֵםverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “make amazed”, a completed actionH8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.אֹֽצָר֔וֹתotsarotarmoryאוֹצָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “armory”, the ordinary formH214a depositoryarmory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).נֶהֶרְס֖וּnehersvbreakהָרַסverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “break”, a completed actionH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.מַמְּגֻר֑וֹתmamgurotbarnמַמְּגֻרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “barn”, the ordinary formH4460a granarybarn.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…הֹבִ֖ישׁhovishbe 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).דָּגָֽןdagancornדָּגָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “corn”, the ordinary formH1715properly, increase, i.e. graincorn (floor), wheat.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

Young’s Literal Translation

Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.

World English Bible

The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

Darby Translation

The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Douay-Rheims

The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the wine-presses are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐσκίρτησαν δαμάλεις ἐπὶ ταῖς φάτναις αὐτῶν, ἠφανίσθησαν θησαυροὶ, κατεσκάφησαν ληνοὶ, ὅτι ἐξηράνθη σῖτος.