King James Version

2 Kings 19:17

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

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אָמְנָ֖םamenamindeedאׇמְנָםadverb — “indeed”H551verilyindeed, no doubt, surely, (it is, of a) true(-ly, -th).יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּhecherivvdesolateחָרַבverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “desolate”, a completed actionH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.מַלְכֵ֥יmalkhekingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.אַשּׁ֛וּרashurAssyriaאַשּׁוּרnoun, proper name — “Assyria”H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empireAsshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838 (אָשֻׁר).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַגּוֹיִ֖םhagoyimthe Gentileגּוֹיdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אַרְצָֽםartsamearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Young’s Literal Translation

'Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,

World English Bible

Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Darby Translation

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Douay-Rheims

Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἀληθείᾳ Κύριε ἠρήμωσαν βασιλεῖς Ἀσσυρίων τὰ ἔθνη,