King James Version

Psalms 107:34

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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אֶ֣רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “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.פְּ֭רִיperifruitפְּרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fruit”, the ordinary formH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.לִמְלֵחָ֑הlimlechahto barren landמְלֵחָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to barren land”, the ordinary formH4420properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desertbarren land(-ness), salt (land).מֵ֝רָעַ֗תmeraatfrom badרַעpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “from bad”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…יֹ֣שְׁבֵיyoshevedwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, construct — “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…בָֽהּvahinבָֽהּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Young’s Literal Translation

A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

World English Bible

and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

Darby Translation

A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γῆν καρποφόρον εἰς ἅλμην, ἀπὸ κακίας τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν αὐτῇ.