King James Version

2 Samuel 1:27

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

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אֵ֚יךְeykhhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.נָפְל֣וּnafelvfallנָפַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…גִבּוֹרִ֔יםgiborimchampionגִּבּוֹרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “champion”, the ordinary formH1368powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrantchampion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.וַיֹּאבְד֖וּvayovdvand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.כְּלֵ֥יkelevesselכְּלִיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “vessel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3627something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] w…מִלְחָמָֽהmilchamahbattleמִלְחָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “battle”, the ordinary formH4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

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American Standard Version (1901)

How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!

Young’s Literal Translation

How have the mighty fallen, Yea, the weapons of war perish!'

World English Bible

How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”

Darby Translation

How are the mighty fallen, and the instruments of war perished!

Douay-Rheims

How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons of war perished?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοὶ, καὶ ἀπώλοντο σκεύη πολεμικά;

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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