Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleI will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” Young's Literal Translation And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain. King James Bible And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. Hebrew I will makeוַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּ (wa·’ă·šî·ṯê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7896: To put, set it a wasteland, בָתָ֗ה (ḇā·ṯāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1326: End, destruction neither לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no pruned יִזָּמֵר֙ (yiz·zā·mêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2168: To trim, prune nor וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no cultivated, יֵעָדֵ֔ר (yê·‘ā·ḏêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5737: To arrange as a battle, a vineyard, to muster, to miss and thorns וָשָׁ֑יִת (wā·šā·yiṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7898: Scrub, trash, wild growth of weeds, briers and briers שָׁמִ֖יר (šā·mîr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8068: A thorn, a gem, the diamond will grow up. וְעָלָ֥ה (wə·‘ā·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively I will command אֲצַוֶּ֔ה (’ă·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order the clouds הֶעָבִים֙ (he·‘ā·ḇîm) Article | Noun - common plural Strong's 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse that rain מָטָֽר׃ (mā·ṭār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4306: Rain shall not fall מֵהַמְטִ֥יר (mê·ham·ṭîr) Preposition-m | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 4305: To rain on it. עָלָ֖יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against |