King James Version

Isaiah 18:6

They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

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יֵעָזְב֤וּyeazevvcommit selfעָזַבverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “commit self”, an unfinished actionH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.יַחְדָּו֙yachdavalikeיַחַדadverb — “alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.לְעֵ֣יטleeytto birdעַיִטpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to bird”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5861a hawk or other bird of preybird, fowl, ravenous (bird).הָרִ֔יםharimhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖תulevehematand to beastבְּהֵמָהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and to beast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְקָ֤ץveqatsand summerקוּץconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and summer”, a completed action in a sequenceH6972to spend the harvest seasonsummer.עָלָיו֙alayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…הָעַ֔יִטhaayitthe birdעַיִטdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the bird”, the ordinary formH5861a hawk or other bird of preybird, fowl, ravenous (bird).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).בֶּהֱמַ֥תbehematbeastבְּהֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “beast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.עָלָ֥יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…תֶּחֱרָֽףtecherafbetrothחָרַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “betroth”, an unfinished actionH2778to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend the winterbetroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

They are left together to the ravenous fowl of the mountains, And to the beast of the earth, And summered on them hath the ravenous fowl, And every beast of the earth wintereth on them.

World English Bible

They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will eat them in the summer, and all the animals of the earth will eat them in the winter.

Darby Translation

They shall be left together unto the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the earth; and the birds of prey shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall be left together to the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall be upon them all the summer, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and he shall leave them together to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth: and the fowls of the sky shall be gathered upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall come upon him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ καταλείψει ἅμα τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς· καὶ συναχθήσεται ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία τῆς γῆς ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἥξει.