King James Version

Psalms 109:10

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

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וְנ֤וֹעַvenoaand to up and downנוּעַconjunction, verb, qal, infinitive absolute — “and to up and down”, the verb used for emphasisH5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).יָנ֣וּעוּyanuvto up and downנוּעַverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to up and down”, an unfinished actionH5128to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)continually, fugitive, [idiom] make, to (go) up and down, be gone away, (be) move(-able, -d), be promoted, reel, remove, scatter, set, shake, sift, stagger, to and fro, be vagabond, wag, (make) wander (up and down).בָנָ֣יוvanayvsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּveshielvand demandשָׁאַלconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and demand”, a completed action in a sequenceH7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demandask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּvedareshvand askדָּרַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and ask”, a completed action in a sequenceH1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worshipask, [idiom] at all, care for, [idiom] diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), [idiom] surely.מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽםmecharevoteyhemfrom decayed placeחׇרְבָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from decayed place”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolationdecayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Young’s Literal Translation

And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

World English Bible

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Darby Translation

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek [their bread] far from their desolate places;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σαλευόμενοι μεταναστήτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπαιτησάτωσαν, ἐκβληθήτωσαν ἐκ τῶν οἰκοπέδων αὐτῶν.