Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. Young's Literal Translation And the land hath been defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed laws, They have changed a statute, They have made void a covenant age-during. King James Bible The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Hebrew The earthוְהָאָ֥רֶץ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land is defiled חָנְפָ֖ה (ḥā·nə·p̄āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2610: To be polluted or profane by תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of its people; יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ (yō·šə·ḇe·hā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry they have transgressed עָבְר֤וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on the laws; תוֹרֹת֙ (ṯō·w·rōṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law they have overstepped חָ֣לְפוּ (ḥā·lə·p̄ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2498: To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change the decrees חֹ֔ק (ḥōq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute and broken הֵפֵ֖רוּ (hê·p̄ê·rū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate the everlasting עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always covenant. בְּרִ֥ית (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1285: A covenant |