King James Version

Micah 7:13

Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

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וְהָיְתָ֥הvehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.הָאָ֛רֶץhaaretsthe 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.לִשְׁמָמָ֖הlishmamahto desolateשְׁמָמָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to desolate”, the ordinary formH8077devastation; figuratively, astonishment(laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.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,…יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָyosheveyhadwellיָשַׁבverb, 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…מִפְּרִ֖יmiprifrom fruitפְּרִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽםmaalleyhemdoingמַעֲלָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “doing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4611an act (good or bad)doing, endeavour, invention, work.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the land shall be desolate for them that dwell therein, because of the fruit of their doings.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.

World English Bible

Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

Darby Translation

But the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

Douay-Rheims

And the land shall be made desolate, because of the inhabitants thereof, and for the fruit of their devices.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the land shall be desolate for them that dwell therein, because of the fruit of their doings.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit it, because of the fruit of their doings.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται ἡ γῆ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν σὺν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν αὐτὴν, ἀπὸ καρπῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων αὐτῶν.