King James Version

Lamentations 3:66

Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

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תִּרְדֹּ֤ףtirdofchaseרָדַףverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “chase”, an unfinished actionH7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).בְּאַף֙beafin faceאַףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in face”, the ordinary formH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔םvetashmidemand destoryשָׁמַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and destory”, an unfinished actionH8045to desolatedestory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.מִתַּ֖חַתmitachatfrom withתַּחַתpreposition, preposition — “from with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.שְׁמֵ֥יshemeheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “heaven”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!

World English Bible

You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

Darby Translation

pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou wilt persecute them in anger, and wilt consume them from under the heaven, O Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σὺ αὐτοὺς καταδιώξεις ἐν ὀργῇ, καὶ ἐξαναλώσεις αὐτοὺς ὑποκάτωθεν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Κύριε.