King James Version

2 Samuel 22:46

Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

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בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […נֵכָ֖רnekharalienנֵכָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alien”, the ordinary formH5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendomalien, strange ([phrase] -er).יִבֹּ֑לוּyibolvdisgraceנָבֵלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “disgrace”, an unfinished actionH5034to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgracedisgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.וְיַחְגְּר֖וּveyachgervand girdחָגַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and gird”, an unfinished actionH2296to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, [idiom] on every side.מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽםmimisgerotamfrom borderמִסְגֶּרֶתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4526something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a strongholdborder, close place, hole.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.

World English Bible

The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

Darby Translation

Strangers have faded away, And they come trembling forth from their close places.

Douay-Rheims

The strangers are melted away, and shall be straitened in their distresses.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding-places.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἀποῤῥιφήσονται, καὶ σφαλοῦσιν ἐκ τῶν συγκλεισμῶν αὐτῶν.