King James Version

Psalms 105:35

And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

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וַיֹּ֣אכַלvayokhaland eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and eat”, the next action in the storyH398to 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.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).עֵ֣שֶׂבesevgrassעֶשֶׂבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.בְּאַרְצָ֑םbeartsamin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in 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.וַ֝יֹּ֗אכַלvayokhaland eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and eat”, the next action in the storyH398to 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.פְּרִ֣יperifruitפְּרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.אַדְמָתָֽםadmatamcountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And did eat up every herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it consumeth every herb in their land, And it consumeth the fruit of their ground.

World English Bible

They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

Darby Translation

And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

Douay-Rheims

And they were mingled among the heathens, and learned their works:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ κατέφαγε πάντα τὸν χόρτον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ κατέφαγε τὸν καρπὸν τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν.