Isaiah 5:4

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

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WEBBE

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

BSB

What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

KJV

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

ASV

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

BBE

Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

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מַה־ mah- what H4100 לַּעֲשׂוֹת la·'a·sot [is] to do H6213 עוֹד 'od still H5750 לְכַרְמִי le·khar·mi for vineyard my H3754 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 עָשִׂיתִי 'a·si·ti I have done H6213 בּוֹ bo for it H9033 מַדּוּעַ ma·du·a' why H4069 קִוֵּיתִי ki·vei·ti did I wait H6960 לַעֲשׂוֹת la·'a·sot to produce H6213 עֲנָבִים 'a·na·vim grapes H6025 וַיַּעַשׂ vai·ya·'as and did it produce H6213 בְּאֻשִׁים be·'u·shim wild grapes H891

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