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Deuteronomy 32:23

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

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אַסְפֶּ֥הaspehperishסָפָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “perish”, an unfinished actionH5595properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.עָלֵ֖ימוֹaleymvoaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…רָע֑וֹתraotbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…חִצַּ֖יchitsayarrowחֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.אֲכַלֶּהakhalehceaseכָּלָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cease”, an unfinished actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…בָּֽםbaminבָּֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will heap evils upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:

Young’s Literal Translation

I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.

World English Bible

“I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.

Darby Translation

I will heap mischiefs upon them; Mine arrows will I spend against them.

Douay-Rheims

I will heap evils upon them, and will spend my arrows among them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will heap evils upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will gather evils upon them, and will fight with my weapons against them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συνάξω εἰς αὐτοὺς κακὰ, καὶ τὰ βέλη μου συμπολεμήσω εἰς αὐτούς.