King James Version

Isaiah 8:15

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

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וְכָ֥שְׁלוּvekhashelvand fallכָּשַׁלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and fall”, a completed action in a sequenceH3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fallbereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, [idiom] utterly, be weak.בָ֖םvaminבָ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inרַבִּ֑יםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…וְנָפְל֣וּvenafelvand fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and fall”, a completed action in a sequenceH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּvenishbarvand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and break”, a completed action in a sequenceH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּvenoqeshvand fowler snareיָקֹשׁconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and fowler snare”, a completed action in a sequenceH3369to ensnare (literally or figuratively)fowler (lay a) snare.וְנִלְכָּֽדוּvenilkadvand catchלָכַדconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and catch”, a completed action in a sequenceH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

Young’s Literal Translation

And many among them have stumbled and fallen, And been broken, and snared, and captured.

World English Bible

Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

Darby Translation

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Douay-Rheims

And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw nigh, and men shall be taken securely.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διατοῦτο ἀδυνατήσουσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς πολλοὶ, καὶ πεσοῦνται καὶ συντριβήσονται, καὶ ἐγγιοῦσι, καὶ ἁλώσονται ἄνθρωποι ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ.