King James Version

Psalms 105:44

And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

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וַיִּתֵּ֣ןvayitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָ֭הֶםlahemtoלָ֭הֶםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toאַרְצ֣וֹתartsotearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “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.גּוֹיִ֑םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.וַעֲמַ֖לvaamaland toilעָמָלconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and toil”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.לְאֻמִּ֣יםleumimnationלְאֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “nation”, the ordinary formH3816a communitynation, people.יִירָֽשׁוּyirashvexpelיָרַשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “expel”, an unfinished actionH3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruincast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have)…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And He gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labour of the peoples in possession;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the peoples in possession:

Young’s Literal Translation

And He giveth to them the lands of nations, And the labour of peoples they possess,

World English Bible

He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

Darby Translation

And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

Douay-Rheims

And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And He gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labour of the peoples in possession;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labours of the people;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς χώρας ἐθνῶν, καὶ πόνους λαῶν ἐκληρονόμησαν.