King James Version

Micah 6:13

Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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וְגַםvegamand alsoגַּםconjunction, particle, affirmation — “and also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.אֲנִ֖יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.הֶחֱלֵ֣יתִיhecheleytibe grievedחָלָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be grieved”, a completed actionH2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreatbeseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) we…הַכּוֹתֶ֑ךָhakotekhastrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “strike”, the to-form of the verbH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.הַשְׁמֵ֖םhashmemmake amazedשָׁמֵםverb, hiphil, infinitive absolute — “make amazed”, the verb used for emphasisH8074to 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.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,…חַטֹּאתֶֽךָchatotekhapunishmentחַטָּאָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “punishment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offenderpunishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I also, I have begun to smite thee, To make desolate, because of thy sins.

World English Bible

Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

Darby Translation

Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

Douay-Rheims

And I therefore began to strike thee with desolation for thy sins.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore I also do smite thee with a grievous wound; I do make thee desolate because of thy sins.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore will I begin to smite thee; I will destroy thee in thy sins.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγὼ ἄρξομαι τοῦ πατάξαι σε, ἀφανιῶ σε ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις σου.