King James Version

Isaiah 14:17

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

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שָׂ֥םsamputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…תֵּבֵ֛לtevelhabitable partתֵּבֵלnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “habitable part”, the ordinary formH8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestinehabitable part, world.כַּמִּדְבָּ֖רkamidbaras desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.וְעָרָ֣יוvearayvand cityעִירconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.הָרָ֑סharasbreakהָרַסverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.אֲסִירָ֖יוasirayvboundאָסִירnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH615bound, i.e. a captive(those which are) bound, prisoner.לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…פָ֥תַחfatachopenפָּתַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “open”, a completed actionH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.בָּֽיְתָהbayetahfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

World English Bible

who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities, who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”

Darby Translation

[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

Douay-Rheims

That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὁ θεὶς τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅλην ἔρημον, καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτοῦ καθεῖλε, τοὺς ἐν ἐπαγωγῇ οὐκ ἔλυσε.