King James Version

Psalms 105:20

The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

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שָׁ֣לַחshalachsendשָׁלַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “send”, a completed actionH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…מֶ֭לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וַיַּתִּירֵ֑הוּvayatirehvand drive asunderנָתַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and drive asunder”, the next action in the storyH5425to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untiedrive asunder, leap, (let) loose, [idiom] make, move, undo.מֹשֵׁ֥לmoshelruleמָשַׁלverb, qal, participle, construct — “rule”, a verb used as a describing wordH4910to rule(have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.עַ֝מִּ֗יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.וַֽיְפַתְּחֵֽהוּvayfatchehvand openפָּתַחconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and open”, the next action in the storyH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the peoples, and set him free.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

Young’s Literal Translation

The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.

World English Bible

The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

Darby Translation

The king sent and loosed him — the ruler of peoples — and let him go free.

Douay-Rheims

And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the peoples, and set him free.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The king sent and loosed him; even the prince of the people, and let him go free.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπέστειλε βασιλεὺς καὶ ἔλυσεν αὐτὸν, ἄρχων λαῶν καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτόν.