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Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ןvayishmanand become fatשָׁמַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and become fat”, the next action in the storyH8080to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or grossbecome (make, wax) fat.יְשֻׁרוּן֙yeshurunJeshurunיְשֻׁרוּןnoun, proper name — “Jeshurun”H3484Jeshurun, a symbolic name for IsraelJeshurun.וַיִּבְעָ֔טvayivatand kickבָּעַטconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and kick”, the next action in the storyH1163to trample down, i.e. (figuratively) despisekick.שָׁמַ֖נְתָּshamantabecome fatשָׁמַןverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “become fat”, a completed actionH8080to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or grossbecome (make, wax) fat.עָבִ֣יתָavitabe thickעָבָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be thick”, a completed actionH5666to be densebe (grow) thick(-er).כָּשִׂ֑יתָkasitato grow fat (iכָּשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to grow fat (i”, a completed actionH3780to grow fat (i.e. be covered with flesh)be covered. Compare H3680 (כָּסָה).וַיִּטֹּשׁ֙vayitoshand let fallנָטַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and let fall”, the next action in the storyH5203properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.אֱל֣וֹהַelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).עָשָׂ֔הוּasahvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…וַיְנַבֵּ֖לvaynabeland disgraceנָבֵלconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and disgrace”, the next action in the storyH5034to 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.צ֥וּרtsuredgeצוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6697properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also H1049 (בֵּית צוּר).יְשֻׁעָתֽוֹyeshuatvodeliveranceיְשׁוּעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “deliverance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3444something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperitydeliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat — thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.

World English Bible

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

Darby Translation

Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked — Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; — He gave up God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Douay-Rheims

The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew fat, and thick and gross, he forsook God who made him, and departed from God his saviour.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So Jacob ate and was filled, and the beloved one kicked; he grew fat, he became thick and broad: then he forsook the God that made him, and departed from God his Saviour.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔφαγεν Ἰακὼβ καὶ ἐνεπλήσθη, καὶ ἀπελάκτισεν ὁ ἠγαπημένος· ἐλιπάνθη, ἐπαχύνθη, ἐπλατύνθη, καὶ ἐγκατέλιπε τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ σωτῆρος αὐτοῦ.