King James Version

Judges 5:21

The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

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נַ֤חַלnachalbrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.קִישׁוֹן֙qishonKishonקִישׁוֹןnoun, proper name — “Kishon”H7028Kishon, a river of PalestineKishon, Kison.גְּרָפָ֔םgerafamsweep awayגָּרַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “sweep away”, a completed actionH1640to bear off violentlysweep away.נַ֥חַלnachalbrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.קְדוּמִ֖יםqedumimancientקָדוּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “ancient”, the ordinary formH6917a pristine heroancient.נַ֣חַלnachalbrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.קִישׁ֑וֹןqishonKishonקִישׁוֹןnoun, proper name — “Kishon”H7028Kishon, a river of PalestineKishon, Kison.תִּדְרְכִ֥יtidrekhitreadדָּרַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “tread”, an unfinished actionH1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.נַפְשִׁ֖יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…עֹֽזozstrengthעֹזnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “strength”, the ordinary formH5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.

Young’s Literal Translation

The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient — the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul!

World English Bible

The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.

Darby Translation

The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. My soul, thou hast trodden down strength!

Douay-Rheims

The torrent of Cison dragged their carcasses, the torrent of Cadumim, the torrent of Cisoii: tread thou, my soul, upon the strong ones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The brook Kishon swept them away, that ancient brook, the brook Kishon. O my soul, tread them down with strength.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The brook of Kison swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kison: my mighty soul will trample him down.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Χειμάῤῥους Κισῶν ἐξέσυρεν αὐτοὺς, χειμάῤῥους ἀρχαίων, χειμάῤῥους Κισῶν· καταπατήσει αὐτὸν ψυχή μου δυνατή.