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Micah 7:11

In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

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י֖וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…לִבְנ֣וֹתlivnotto buildבָּנָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to build”, the to-form of the verbH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.גְּדֵרָ֑יִךְgederayikhfenceגָּדֵרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “fence”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1447a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosurefence, hedge, wall.י֥וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…הַה֖וּאhahuthe as for herהוּאdefinite article, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “the as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.יִרְחַקyirchaqlooseרָחַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “loose”, an unfinished actionH7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).חֹֽקchoqappointedחֹקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “appointed”, the ordinary formH2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'The day for building thy walls, even that day, shall be far removed.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.

Young’s Literal Translation

The day to build thy walls! That day — removed is the limit.

World English Bible

A day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary.

Darby Translation

In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.

Douay-Rheims

The day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day shall the law be far removed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'The day for building thy walls, even that day, shall be far removed.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

It is the day of making of brick; that day shall be thine utter destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish thine ordinances.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡμέρα ἀλοιφῆς πλίνθου, ἐξάλειψίς σου ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη, καὶ ἀποτρίψεται νόμιμά σου ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη.