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Ezekiel 7:17

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

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כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַיָּדַ֖יִםhayadayimthe handיָדdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, dual, absolute — “the hand”, the ordinary formH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָהtirpeynahabateרָפָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “abate”, an unfinished actionH7503to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495 (רָפָא).וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).בִּרְכַּ֖יִםbirkayimkneeבֶּרֶךְnoun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “knee”, the ordinary formH1290a kneeknee.תֵּלַ֥כְנָהtelakhnahcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “carry”, an unfinished actionH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…מָּֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water.

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American Standard Version (1901)

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Young’s Literal Translation

All the hands are feeble, and all knees go — waters.

World English Bible

All hands will be feeble, and all knees will be weak as water.

Darby Translation

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall melt into water.

Douay-Rheims

All hands shall be made feeble, and all knees shall run with water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

All hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πᾶσαι χεῖρες ἐκλυθήσονται, καὶ πάντες μηροὶ μολυνθήσονται ὑγρασίᾳ.