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Habakkuk 1:9

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

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כֻּלֹּה֙kuloallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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).לְחָמָ֣סlechamasto violenceחָמָסpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to violence”, the ordinary formH2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gaincruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.יָב֔וֹאyavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מְגַמַּ֥תmegamatsup upמְגַמָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “sup up”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4041properly, accumulation, i.e. impulse or directionsup up.פְּנֵיהֶ֖םpeneyhema- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…קָדִ֑ימָהqadimaheastקָדִיםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “east”, the ordinary formH6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)east(-ward, wind).וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvayeesofand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…כַּח֖וֹלkacholas sandחוֹלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as sand”, the ordinary formH2344sand (as round or whirling particles)sand.שֶֽׁבִיshevicaptiveשְׁבִיnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “captive”, the ordinary formH7628exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, bootycaptive(-ity), prisoners, [idiom] take away, that was taken.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

Young’s Literal Translation

Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.

World English Bible

All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.

Darby Translation

They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.

Douay-Rheims

They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συντέλεια εἰς ἀσεβεῖς ἥξει, ἀνθεστηκότας προσώποις αὐτῶν ἐξεναντίας, καὶ συνάξει ὡς ἄμμον αἰχμαλωσίαν·