King James Version

Isaiah 46:1

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

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כָּרַ֥עkarasinkכָּרַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sink”, a completed actionH3766to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostratebow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very.בֵּל֙belBelבֵּלnoun, proper name — “Bel”H1078Bel, the Baal of the BabyloniansBel.קֹרֵ֣סqoresstoopקָרַסverb, qal, participle, absolute — “stoop”, a verb used as a describing wordH7164to hunch, i.e. be hump-backedstoop.נְב֔וֹnevvoNeboנְבוֹnoun, proper name — “Nebo”H5015Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in PalestineNebo.הָיוּ֙hayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֔םatsabeyhemimageעָצָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “image”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6091an (idolatrous) imageidol, image.לַחַיָּ֖הlachayahto lifeחַיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וְלַבְּהֵמָ֑הvelabhemahand to beastבְּהֵמָהconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and to beast”, the ordinary formH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.נְשֻׂאֹתֵיכֶ֣םnesuoteykhemcarriageנְשׂוּאָהverb, qal, passive participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “carriage”, a verb used as a describing wordH5385something borne, i.e. a loadcarriage.עֲמוּס֔וֹתamusotloadעָמַסverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “load”, a verb used as a describing wordH6006to load, i.e. impose aburden (or figuratively, infliction)be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.מַשָּׂ֖אmasatributeמַשָּׂאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tribute”, the ordinary formH4853a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desireburden, carry away, prophecy, [idiom] they set, song, tribute.לַעֲיֵפָֽהlaayefahto faintעָיֵףpreposition, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “to faint”, the ordinary formH5889languidfaint, thirsty, weary.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast .

Young’s Literal Translation

Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary.

World English Bible

Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried around are heavy loads, a burden for the weary.

Darby Translation

Bel is bowed down, Nebo bendeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things ye carried are laid on, a burden to the weary [beast].

Douay-Rheims

Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Bel has fallen, Nabo is broken to pieces, their graven images are gone to the wild beasts and the cattle: ye take them packed up as a burden to the weary, exhausted, hungry, and at the same time helpless man;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔπεσε Βὴλ, συνετρίβη Ναβὼ, ἐγένετο τὰ γλυπτὰ αὐτῶν εἰς θηρία, καὶ τὰ κτήνη· αἴρετε αὐτὰ καταδεδεμένα ὡς φορτίον κοπιῶντι ἐκλευμένῳ,