King James Version

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

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וְתַ֥םvetamand accomplishתָּמַםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and accomplish”, a completed action in a sequenceH8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveaccomplish, cease, be clean (pass-) ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, [idiom] be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.לָרִ֖יקlariqto vainרִיקpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to vain”, the ordinary formH7385emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vainempty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.כֹּחֲכֶ֑םkochakhemforceכֹּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizardability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תִתֵּ֤ןtitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אַרְצְכֶם֙artsekhemearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the 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).יְבוּלָ֔הּyevulahfruitיְבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2981produce, i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealthfruit, increase.וְעֵ֣ץveetsand treeעֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.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.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִתֵּ֖ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…פִּרְיֽוֹpiryvofruitפְּרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

Young’s Literal Translation

and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

World English Bible

Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

Darby Translation

and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

Douay-Rheims

Your labour shall be spent in vain, the ground shall not bring forth her increase, nor the trees yield their fruit.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And your strength shall be in vain; and your land shall not yield its seed, and the tree of your field shall not yield its fruit.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται εἰς κενὸν ἡ ἰσχὺς ὑμῶν· καὶ οὐ δώσει ἡ γῆ ὑμῶν τὸν σπόρον αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ ἀγρου ὑμῶν οὐ δώσει τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ.