King James Version

Hosea 5:10

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

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הָיוּ֙hayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.שָׂרֵ֣יsarecaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.יְהוּדָ֔הyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.כְּמַסִּיגֵ֖יkemasigeas departing awayנָסַגpreposition, verb, hiphil, participle, construct — “as departing away”, a verb used as a describing wordH5253to retreatdeparting away, remove, take (hold), turn away.גְּב֑וּלgevulborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “border”, the ordinary formH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.עֲלֵיהֶ֕םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, 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,…אֶשְׁפּ֥וֹךְeshpokhecastשָׁפַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cast”, an unfinished actionH8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl outcast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.כַּמַּ֖יִםkamayimas waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עֶבְרָתִֽיevratiangerעֶבְרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5678an outburst of passionanger, rage, wrath.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Young’s Literal Translation

Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.

World English Bible

The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

Darby Translation

The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Douay-Rheims

The princes of Juda are become as they that take up the bound: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon them my fury as water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγένοντο οἱ ἄρχοντες Ἰούδα ὡς μετατιθέντες ὅρια, ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἐκχεῶ ὡς ὕδωρ τὸ ὅρμημά μου.