King James Version

Psalms 10:15

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

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שְׁ֭בֹרshevorbreakשָׁבַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a commandH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).זְר֣וֹעַzeroaarmזְרוֹעַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, forcearm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.רָשָׁ֑עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.וָ֝רָ֗עvaraand badרַעconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…תִּֽדְרוֹשׁtidroshaskדָּרַשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “ask”, an unfinished actionH1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worshipask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.רִשְׁע֥וֹrishvoiniquityרֶשַׁעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “iniquity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7562a wrong (especially moral)iniquity, wicked(-ness).בַלvallestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.תִּמְצָֽאtimtsacomeמָצָאverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “come”, an unfinished actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Young’s Literal Translation

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

World English Bible

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

Darby Translation

Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σύντριψον τὸν βραχίονα τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ, ζητηθήσεται ἡ ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ.