You will work with all your strength, but it will not do you any good. That is because your soil will not produce any crops. The trees of your land will not bear any fruit.

你们要白白地劳力；因为你们的地不出土产，其上的树木也不结果子。

你们劳力却白费，因为你们的地没有出产，地上的树也不结果实。

你们劳力却白费，因为你们的地没有出产，地上的树也不结果实。

你们劳作也是徒然，因为你们的土地必不长庄稼，果树也不结果实。

你们的气力徒然用尽；你们的地不出产，境内的树也不结果实。

你們要白白地勞力；因為你們的地不出土產，其上的樹木也不結果子。

你們勞力卻白費，因為你們的地沒有出產，地上的樹也不結果實。

你們勞力卻白費，因為你們的地沒有出產，地上的樹也不結果實。

你們勞作也是徒然，因為你們的土地必不長莊稼，果樹也不結果實。

你們的氣力徒然用盡；你們的地不出產，境內的樹也不結果實。

你們必白白用盡力氣，你們的地也不出土產，地上的樹木也不結果子。

爾徒力作、田無所產、樹不結實、

爾徒力作、田無所產、樹不結實。

爾徒然劬勞、地不產物、樹不結果、

Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.

And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit.

Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

If the Lord doesn’t build a house, the work of the builders is useless. If the Lord doesn’t watch over a city, it’s useless for those on guard duty to stand watch over it.

But I said,“ In spite of my hard work, I feel as if I haven’t accomplished anything. I’ve used up all my strength. It seems as if everything I’ve done is worthless. But the Lord will give me what I should receive. My God will reward me.”

If you do, the Lord will be very angry with you. He’ll close up the sky. It won’t rain. The ground won’t produce its crops. Soon you will die. You won’t live to enjoy the good land the Lord is giving you.

Then I will send you rain at the right time. The ground will produce its crops. The trees will bear their fruit.

I am the Lord who rules over all. Human effort is no better than wood that feeds a fire. So the nations wear themselves out for nothing.

Then let thorns grow instead of wheat. Let stinkweed come up instead of barley.” The words of Job end here.

Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.

He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it. But God has been making it grow.

The plants might start to grow on the day you set them out. The vines might begin to bud on the morning you plant them. But even if they do, there won’t be any harvest. Instead, there will be sickness and pain that won’t go away.

I am afraid for you. I am afraid that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

“ You expected a lot. But you can see what a small amount it turned out to be. I blew away what you brought home. I’ll tell you why,” announces the Lord who rules over all.“ Because my temple is still destroyed. In spite of that, each one of you is busy with your own house.So because of what you have done, the heavens have held back the dew. And the earth has not produced its crops.I ordered the rain not to fall on the fields and mountains. Then the ground did not produce any grain. There were not enough grapes to make fresh wine. The trees did not bear enough olives to make oil. People and cattle suffered. All your hard work failed.”

You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.You will plant vineyards and take care of them. But you won’t drink the wine. You won’t gather the grapes. Worms will eat them up.You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won’t use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.

People went to get 20 measures of grain. But they could find only 10. They went to where the wine was stored to get 50 measures. But only 20 were there.

Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.