Isaiah 40:24
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Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
In other translations
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Hebrew words
אַף'afevenH637בַּל־bal-notH1077נִטָּעוּnita'uthey have been plantedH5193אַף'afevenH637בַּל־bal-notH1077זֹרָעוּzora'uthey have been sownH2232אַף'afevenH637בַּל־bal-notH1077שֹׁרֵשׁshoreshit has taken rootH8327בָּאָרֶץba'aretzin the groundH776גִּזְעָםgiz'amrootstock theirH1503וְגַם־vegam-and alsoH1571נָשַׁףnashafhe blowsH5398בָּהֶםbahemon themוַיִּבָשׁוּvaiyivashuand they have dried upH3001וּסְעָרָהuse'arahand a tempestH5591כַּקַּשׁkakashlike <the> chaffH7179תִּשָּׂאֵם׃ סtisa'emit carries off themH5375
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