King James Version

Isaiah 14:6

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

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מַכֶּ֤הmakehstrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “strike”, a verb used as a describing wordH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.עַמִּים֙amimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.בְּעֶבְרָ֔הbeevrahin angerעֶבְרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in anger”, the ordinary formH5678an outburst of passionanger, rage, wrath.מַכַּ֖תmakatwoundמַכָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “wound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4347a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilencebeaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).בִּלְתִּ֣יbiltibecause unבִּלְתִּיconjunction — “because un”H1115properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.סָרָ֑הsarahrebellionסָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “rebellion”, the ordinary formH5627apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission[idiom] continual, rebellion, revolt(-ed), turn away, wrong.רֹדֶ֤הrodehhave dominionרָדָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “have dominion”, a verb used as a describing wordH7287to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off(come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.בָאַף֙vaafin faceאַףpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in face”, the ordinary formH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.גּוֹיִ֔םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, 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.מֻרְדָּ֖ףmurdafpersecutedמֻרְדָּףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “persecuted”, the ordinary formH4783persecutedpersecuted.בְּלִ֥יbelinotבְּלִיparticle, negative — “not”H1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.חָשָֽׂךְchasakherefrainחָשַׂךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “refrain”, a completed actionH2820to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observeassuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

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American Standard Version (1901)

that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

Young’s Literal Translation

He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!

World English Bible

who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.

Darby Translation

He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.

Douay-Rheims

That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Having smitten a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, smiting a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared them not, he rested in quiet.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πατάξας ἔθνος θυμῷ, πληγῇ ἀνιάτῳ, παίων ἔθνος πληγὴν θυμοῦ, ἣ οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ἀνεπαύσατο πεποιθώς.