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Ezekiel 19:8

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

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וַיִּתְּנ֨וּvayitnvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…עָלָ֥יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…גּוֹיִ֛םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.סָבִ֖יבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.מִמְּדִינ֑וֹתmimdinotfrom provinceמְדִינָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “from province”, the ordinary formH4082properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region([idiom] every) province.וַֽיִּפְרְשׂ֥וּvayifresvand breakפָּרַשׂconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and break”, the next action in the storyH6566to break apart, disperse, etc.break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).עָלָ֛יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…רִשְׁתָּ֖םrishtamnetרֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “net”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7568a net (as catching animals)net(-work).בְּשַׁחְתָּ֥םbeshachtamin destructionשַׁחַתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in destruction”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.נִתְפָּֽשׂnitpascatchתָּפַשׂverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “catch”, a completed actionH8610to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantablycatch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, [idiom] surely, surprise, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then the nations cried out against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him, he was taken in their pit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

Young’s Literal Translation

And set against it do nations Round about from the provinces. And they spread out for it their net, In their pit it hath been caught.

World English Bible

Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.

Darby Translation

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

Douay-Rheims

And the nations Game together against him on every side out of the provinces, and they spread their net over him, in their wounds he was taken.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then the nations cried out against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him, he was taken in their pit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔδωκαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἔθνη ἐκ χωρῶν κυκλόθεν, καὶ ἐξεπέτασαν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν δίκτυα αὐτῶν, ἐν διαφθορᾷ αὐτῶν συνελήφθη·