King James Version

Joel 1:7

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

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שָׂ֤םsamputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…גַּפְנִי֙gafnivineגֶּפֶןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “vine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahto astonishmentשַׁמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to astonishment”, the ordinary formH8047ruin; by implication, consternationastonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.וּתְאֵנָתִ֖יuteenatiand figתְּאֵןconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and fig”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8384the fig (tree or fruit)fig (tree).לִקְצָפָ֑הliqtsafahto barkקְצָפָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to bark”, the ordinary formH7111a fragmentbark(-ed).חָשֹׂ֤ףchasofmake bareחָשַׂףverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “make bare”, the verb used for emphasisH2834to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.חֲשָׂפָהּ֙chasafahmake bareחָשַׂףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “make bare”, a completed actionH2834to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְvehishlikheand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and throw”, a completed actionH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.הִלְבִּ֖ינוּhilbinvmake brickלָבַןverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “make brick”, a completed actionH3835to be (or become) white; to make bricksmake brick, be (made, make) white(-r).שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָsarigeyhabranchשָׂרִיגnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “branch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8299a tendril (as entwining)branch.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He hath laid my vine waste, and blasted my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it down, the branches thereof are made white.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Young’s Literal Translation

It hath made my vine become a desolation, And my fig-tree become a chip, It hath made it thoroughly bare, and hath cast down, Made white have been its branches.

World English Bible

He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.

Darby Translation

He hath made my vine a desolation, and barked my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away: its branches are made white.

Douay-Rheims

He hath laid my vineyard waste, and hath pilled off the bark of my fig tree: he hath stripped it bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He hath laid my vine waste, and blasted my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it down, the branches thereof are made white.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig-trees: he has utterly searched my vine , and cast it down; he has peeled its branches.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθετο τὴν ἄμπελόν μου εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ τὰς συκάς μου εἰς συγκλασμόν· ἐρευνῶν ἐξηρεύνησεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἔῤῥιψεν· ἐλεύκανε τὰ κλήματα αὐτῆς.