King James Version

Jeremiah 13:24

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

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וַאֲפִיצֵ֖םvaafitsemand disperseפּוּץconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and disperse”, an unfinished actionH6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.כְּקַשׁkeqashas stubbleקַשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as stubble”, the ordinary formH7179straw (as dry)stubble.עוֹבֵ֑רoveralienateעָבַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “alienate”, a verb used as a describing wordH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…לְר֖וּחַleruchato angerרוּחַpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “to anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).מִדְבָּֽרmidbardesertמִדְבָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

World English Bible

“Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

Darby Translation

And I will scatter them as stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

Douay-Rheims

And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So I scattered them as sticks carried by the wind into the wilderness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ διέσπειρα αὐτοὺς, ὡς φρύγανα φερόμενα ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εἰς ἔρημον.