King James Version

Psalms 106:18

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

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וַתִּבְעַרvativarand be brutishבָּעַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be brutish”, the next action in the storyH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.אֵ֥שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.בַּעֲדָתָ֑םbaadatamin assemblyעֵדָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in assembly”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare H5713 (עֵדָה).לֶ֝הָבָ֗הlehavahflameלֶהָבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “flame”, the ordinary formH3852{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}flame(-ming), head (of a spear).תְּלַהֵ֥טtelahetburnלָהַטverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “burn”, an unfinished actionH3857properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blazeburn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.רְשָׁעִֽיםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

Young’s Literal Translation

And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

World English Bible

A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

Darby Translation

And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.

Douay-Rheims

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat: and they drew nigh even to the gates of death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξεκαύθη πῦρ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ φλὸξ κατέφλεξεν ἁμαρτωλούς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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