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Nahum 2:10

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Nahum 2:11.

בּוּקָ֥הbuqahemptyבּוּקָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “empty”, the ordinary formH950emptiness (as adjective)empty.וּמְבוּקָ֖הumevuqahand voidמְבוּקָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and void”, the ordinary formH4003emptinessvoid.וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑הumevulaqahand wasteבָּלַקconjunction, verb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “and waste”, a verb used as a describing wordH1110to annihilate(make) waste.וְלֵ֨בvelevand comfortablyלֵבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…נָמֵ֜סnamesfaintמָסַסverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “faint”, a completed actionH4549to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.וּפִ֣קufiqand smite togetherפִּיקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and smite together”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6375a totteringsmite together.בִּרְכַּ֗יִםbirkayimkneeבֶּרֶךְnoun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “knee”, the ordinary formH1290a kneeknee.וְחַלְחָלָה֙vechalchalahand painחַלְחָלָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and pain”, the ordinary formH2479writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror(great, much) pain.בְּכָלbekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מָתְנַ֔יִםmatenayimloinsמֹתֶןnoun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “loins”, the ordinary formH4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins[phrase] greyhound, loins, side.וּפְנֵ֥יufeneand a- foreפָּנִיםconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “and a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…כֻלָּ֖םkhulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).קִבְּצ֥וּqibtsvassembleקָבַץverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “assemble”, a completed actionH6908to grasp, i.e. collectassemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.פָארֽוּרfarurblacknessפָּארוּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “blackness”, the ordinary formH6289properly, illuminated, i.e. a glow; as noun, a flush (of anxiety)blackness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(2-11) She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.

Young’s Literal Translation

She is empty, yea, emptiness and waste, And the heart hath melted, And the knees have smitten together, And great pain [is] in all loins, And the faces of all of them have gathered paleness.

World English Bible

She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

Darby Translation

She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and writhing pain is in all loins, and all their faces grow pale.

Douay-Rheims

She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(2-11) She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There is thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all are as the blackening of a pot.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκτιναγμὸς, καὶ ἀνατιναγμὸς, καὶ ἐκβρασμὸς, καὶ καρδίας θραυσμὸς, καὶ ὑπόλυσις γονάτων, καὶ ὠδίνες ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ὀσφύν· καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον πάντων ὡς πρόσκαυμα χύτρας.