King James Version

Isaiah 20:5

And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

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וְחַתּ֖וּvechatvand abolishחָתַתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and abolish”, a completed action in a sequenceH2865properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fearabolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.וָבֹ֑שׁוּvavoshvand be confoundedבּוּשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and be confounded”, a completed action in a sequenceH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.מִכּוּשׁ֙mikushfrom Cushכּוּשׁpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Cush”H3568Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an IsraeliteChush, Cush, Ethiopia.מַבָּטָ֔םmabatamexpectationמַבָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “expectation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4007something expected, i.e. (abstractly) expectationexpectation.וּמִןuminand fromמִןconjunction, preposition — “and from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.מִצְרַ֖יִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.תִּפְאַרְתָּֽםtifartambeautyתִּפְאָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8597ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they have been affrighted and ashamed of Cush their confidence, and of Egypt their beauty,

World English Bible

They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Darby Translation

And they shall be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their boast.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they shall be dismayed and ashamed, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Egyptians being defeated shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ αἰσχυνθήσονται ἡττηθέντες ἐπὶ τοῖς Αἰθίοψιν, ἐφʼ οἷς ἦσαν πεποιθότες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, ἦσαν γὰρ αὐτοῖς δόξα.