King James Version

Leviticus 18:25

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

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וַתִּטְמָ֣אvatitmaand be uncleanטָמֵאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be unclean”, the next action in the storyH2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.הָאָ֔רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וָאֶפְקֹ֥דvaefqodand chargeפָּקַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and charge”, the next action in the storyH6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overs…עֲוֺנָ֖הּaonahfaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.עָלֶ֑יהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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,…וַתָּקִ֥אvataqiand vomitקוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and vomit”, the next action in the storyH6958to vomitspue (out), vomit (out, up, up again).הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָyosheveyhadwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:

World English Bible

The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

Darby Translation

And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

Douay-Rheims

And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐξεμιάνθη ἡ γῆ καὶ ἀνταπέδωκα ἀδικίαν αὐτοῖς διʼ αὐτὴν, καὶ προσώχθισεν ἡ γῆ τοῖς ἐγκαθημένοις ἐπʼ αὐτῆς.