for, after that [period of seven good years] there will come seven hard [years] which will devour all that you shall have laid up for them, excepting only a little of that which you shall have kept in store
For, after that [period of seven good years], there will be seven years of hardship, which will consume all but a little of what you stored up for them.
for, after that [period of seven good years] there will come seven hard [years] which will devour all that you shall have laid up for them, excepting only a little of that which you shall have kept in store
"Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which will devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,- (all) except a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded
Then there shall come after that seven years of hardship which shall eat away all that you have beforehand laid up in store for them, except a little of what you shall have preserved
For, after that [period of seven good years], there will be seven years of hardship, which will consume all but a little of what you stored up for them.
"Then will come after that seven hard years, which will consume what you have laid up for them, all but a little you should keep in store (to use as seed stock)
Then after that there will come seven hard years which will eat up whatever you have set aside for them —all except a little which you preserve [for seed]
Thereafter; even after that, (there) will come up seven strict (years), that will eat whatever you have forwarded to them, excepting a little of what you safely attend to
Then after that will come (a period of) seven terrible (and hard years), which will eat (away) what you will have saved before for them— (All) except a little which you will have saved (specially for seed)
Then, after that period, there will come upon you seven hard years which will eat away all that you had stored except a little which you may have specifically set aside.
Dr. Munir Munshey
"These will be followed by seven years of drought. During that time, you will use up all the grain you had stored, except what you need as seed."
Dr. Kamal Omar
Then will come after this seven very hard (years) which will devour what you have saved in advance for them except a very small portion of what you will store
“Then will come after that seven dreadful years which will devour what you will have saved in anticipation for them, all except a little which you will have stored
"Then there shall come thereafter seven years of hardship which shall eat away all that you would have preserved for those years, except for a little thereof."
Then after that will come seven years of hardship, which will eat away all you have beforehand stored for them, except a little which you have preserved
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
Then comes from after that seven (years) strong (severe), they eat what you advanced (stored) for them, except little from what you preserve
`Then shall come after that seven hard years, which shall consume all that you shall have laid by in advance for them except a little which you may preserve
`Then there shall follow seven (years of famine) of great severity (and) these (years) shall consume all the stores you have laid by in advance for them except a little which you may have preserved
Then after this, there will come seven hard years (of drought) which will consume that (store) which you will have laid up for these years except a small quantity (which will fall surplus and) which you will keep in reserve
"Then will come after that, seven hard (years), which will devour what you have laid by in advance for them, (all) except a little of that which you have guarded (stored)
Then shall there come, after this, seven grievous years of famine, which shall consume what ye shall have laid up as a provision for the same, except a little which ye shall have kept
“Then will come seven intense years of drought during which you will consume what you saved... Except a little, from which you will store.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then after that seven years of hardship will come that(people)will consume what you have before hand laid up for them, except a little of what you will have preserved.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
"Following this episode, there shall come seven droughty years consuming all that you have saved except the little which you have to use for seed."
Then after that, there will be seven years of hardship, which will (make up) consume all that you kept in advance for them, except a small quantity from which you will have (something) preserved (probably for sowing in future).
"Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which will devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,- (all) except a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded
OLD Literal Word for Word
Then will come after that seven hard (years) (which will) consume what you advanced for them, except a little of what you (will) store
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