King James Version

Isaiah 24:17

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

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פַּ֥חַדpachaddreadפַּחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dread”, the ordinary formH6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.וָפַ֖חַתvafachatand pitפַּחַתconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and pit”, the ordinary formH6354a pit, especially forcatching animalshole, pit, snare.וָפָ֑חvafachand plateפַּחconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and plate”, the ordinary formH6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)gin, (thin) plate, snare.עָלֶ֖יךָaleykhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd 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,…יוֹשֵׁ֥בyoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, construct — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [Are] on thee, O inhabitant of the land.

World English Bible

Fear, the pit, and the snare are on you who inhabit the earth.

Darby Translation

Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, inhabitant of the land.

Douay-Rheims

Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee, O thou inhabitant of the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Fear, and a pit, and a snare, are upon you that dwell on the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φόβος καὶ βόθυνος καὶ παγὶς ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.