King James Version

Jeremiah 18:7

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

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רֶ֣גַעregaspaceרֶגַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “space”, the ordinary formH7281a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of timeinstant, moment, space, suddenly.אֲדַבֵּ֔רadaberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “speak”, an unfinished actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…גּ֖וֹיgoyGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וְעַלvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מַמְלָכָ֑הmamlakhahkingdomמַמְלָכָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “kingdom”, the ordinary formH4467dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)kingdom, king's, reign, royal.לִנְת֥וֹשׁlintoshto destroyנָתַשׁpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to destroy”, the to-form of the verbH5428to tear awaydestroy, forsake, pluck (out, up, by the roots), pull up, root out (up), [idiom] utterly. sוְלִנְת֖וֹץvelintotsand to beat downנָתַץconjunction, preposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “and to beat down”, the to-form of the verbH5422to tear downbeat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.וּֽלְהַאֲבִֽידulehaavidand to destroyאָבַדconjunction, preposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “and to destroy”, the to-form of the verbH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

At one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

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American Standard Version (1901)

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Young’s Literal Translation

The moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, To pluck up and to break down, and to destroy,

World English Bible

At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,

Darby Translation

At the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy,

Douay-Rheims

I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

At one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

If I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy them ;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πέρας λαλήσω ἐπὶ ἔθνος, ἢ ἐπὶ βασιλείαν τοῦ ἐξᾶραι αὐτοὺς, καὶ τοῦ ἀπολλύειν,