King James Version

Jeremiah 51:4

Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

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וְנָפְל֥וּvenafelvand 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…חֲלָלִ֖יםchalalimkillחָלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “kill”, the ordinary formH2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, pollutedkill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.כַּשְׂדִּ֑יםkasdimChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיnoun, proper name — “Chaldeans”H3778a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that peopleChaldeans, Chaldees, inhabitants of Chaldea.וּמְדֻקָּרִ֖יםumeduqarimand pierceדָּקַרconjunction, verb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “and pierce”, a verb used as a describing wordH1856to stab; by analogy, to starve; figuratively, to revilepierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.בְּחוּצוֹתֶֽיהָbechutsoteyhain abroadחוּץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in abroad”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

Young’s Literal Translation

And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.

World English Bible

They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

Darby Translation

And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.

Douay-Rheims

And the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and the wounded in the regions thereof.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέστειλα πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοὺς παῖδάς μου τοὺς προφήτας ὄρθρου, καὶ ἀπέστειλα, λέγων, μὴ ποιήσητε τὸ πρᾶγμα τῆς μολύνσεως ταύτης, ἧς ἐμίσησα.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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