King James Version

Leviticus 26:38

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

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וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֖םvaavadtemand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH6properly, 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.בַּגּוֹיִ֑םbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וְאָכְלָ֣הveakhelahand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and eat”, a completed action in a sequenceH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.אֶתְכֶ֔םetkhemobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֶ֖רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “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.אֹיְבֵיכֶֽםoyeveykhemenemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you.

World English Bible

You will perish among the nations. The land of your enemies will eat you up.

Darby Translation

And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Douay-Rheims

You shall perish among the Gentiles, and an enemy’s land shall consume you.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall perish among the Gentiles, and the land of your enemies shall devour you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπολεῖσθε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ κατέδεται ὑμᾶς ἡ γῆ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν.

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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