King James Version

Isaiah 33:4

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

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וְאֻסַּ֣ףveusafand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, pual, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…שְׁלַלְכֶ֔םshelalkhempreyשָׁלָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “prey”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7998bootyprey, spoil.אֹ֖סֶףosefgatheringאֹסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “gathering”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH625a collection (of fruits)gathering.הֶֽחָסִ֑ילhechasilthe caterpillarחָסִילdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the caterpillar”, the ordinary formH2625the ravager, i.e. a locustcaterpillar.כְּמַשַּׁ֥קkemashaqas running to and froמַשָּׁקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as running to and fro”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4944a traversing, i.e. rapid motionrunning to and fro.גֵּבִ֖יםgevimlocustגֵּבnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “locust”, the ordinary formH1357a locust (from its cutting)locust.שׁוֹקֵ֥קshoqeqhave appetiteשָׁקַקverb, qal, participle, absolute — “have appetite”, a verb used as a describing wordH8264to course (like a beast of prey); by implication, to seek greedilyhave appetite, justle one against another, long, range, run (to and fro).בּֽוֹbvoinבּֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.

World English Bible

Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.

Darby Translation

And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running of locusts shall they run upon it.

Douay-Rheims

And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathereth; as locusts leap do they leap upon it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νῦν δὲ συναχθήσεται τὰ σκῦλα ὑμῶν μικροῦ καὶ μεγάλου· ὃν τρόπον ἐάν τις συναγάγῃ ἀκρίδας, οὕτως ἐμπαίξουσιν ὑμῖν.