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Isaiah 33:3

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

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מִקּ֣וֹלmiqolfrom soundקוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.הָמ֔וֹןhamonnoiseהָמוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “noise”, the ordinary formH1995a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealthabundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.נָדְד֖וּnadedvfleeנָדַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “flee”, a completed actionH5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive awaychase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).עַמִּ֑יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, 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.מֵר֣וֹמְמֻתֶ֔ךָmeromemutekhafrom lifting up of selfרֹמֵמֻתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from lifting up of self”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7427exaltationlifting up of self.נָפְצ֖וּnafetsvdashנָפַץverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “dash”, a completed actionH5310to dash to pieces, or scatterbe beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.גּוֹיִֽםgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.

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American Standard Version (1901)

At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.

Young’s Literal Translation

From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.

World English Bible

At the noise of the thunder, the peoples have fled. When you lift yourself up, the nations are scattered.

Darby Translation

At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

Douay-Rheims

At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of thee, and the heathen were scattered.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διὰ φωνὴν τοῦ φόβου ἐξέστησαν λαοὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου σου, καὶ διεσπάρησαν τὰ ἔθνη.