King James Version

Psalms 105:31

He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

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אָ֭מַרamarsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…וַיָּבֹ֣אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…עָרֹ֑בarovdivers sorts of fliesעָרֹבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “divers sorts of flies”, the ordinary formH6157a mosquito (from its swarming)divers sorts of flies, swarm.כִּ֝נִּ֗יםkinimliceכֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “lice”, the ordinary formH3654a gnatlice, [idiom] manner.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).גְּבוּלָֽםgevulamborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their borders.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He spake, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath said, and the beetle cometh, Lice into all their border.

World English Bible

He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.

Darby Translation

He spoke, and there came dog-flies, [and] gnats in all their borders.

Douay-Rheims

And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats in all their borders.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἶπε καὶ ἦλθε κυνόμυια, καὶ σκνίπες ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῶν.