King James Version

2 Chronicles 15:6

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

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וְכֻתְּת֥וּvekhuttvand beatכָּתַתconjunction, verb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and beat”, a completed actionH3807to bruise or violently strikebeat (down, to pieces), break in pieces, crushed, destroy, discomfit, smite, stamp. lגוֹיgoyGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.בְּג֖וֹיbegoyin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וְעִ֣ירveirand cityעִירconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.בְּעִ֑ירbeirin cityעִירpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֱלֹהִ֥יםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.הֲמָמָ֖םhamamamdestroyהָמַםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “destroy”, a completed actionH2000properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroybreak, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.בְּכָלbekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).צָרָֽהtsarahtroubleצָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “trouble”, the ordinary formH6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

World English Bible

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

Darby Translation

And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

Douay-Rheims

For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every kind of affliction.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πολεμήσει ἔθνος πρὸς ἔθνος καὶ πόλις πρὸς πόλιν, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἐξέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει.