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Isaiah 27:7

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

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הַכְּמַכַּ֥תhakmakatas woundמַכָּהparticle, interrogative, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “as wound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4347a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilencebeaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).מַכֵּ֖הוּmakehvstrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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.הִכָּ֑הוּhikahvstrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “strike”, a completed actionH5221to 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.אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…כְּהֶ֥רֶגkeheregas slaughterהֶרֶגpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as slaughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2027slaughterbe slain, slaughter.הֲרֻגָ֖יוharugayvdestroyהָרַגverb, qal, passive participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.הֹרָֽגhoragdestroyהָרַגverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by Him?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

Young’s Literal Translation

As the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?

World English Bible

Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?

Darby Translation

Hath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him?

Douay-Rheims

Hath he struck him according to the stroke of him that struck him? or is he slain, as he killed them that were slain by him?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by Him?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Shall he himself be thus smitten, even as he smote? and as he slew, shall he be thus slain?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ὡς αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε, καὶ αὐτὸς οὕτως πληγήσεται; καὶ ὡς αὐτὸς ἀνεῖλεν, οὕτως ἀναιρεθήσεται;