King James Version

Psalms 109:23

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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כְּצֵלketselas shadeצֵלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as shade”, the ordinary formH6738shade, whether literal or figurativedefence, shade(-ow).כִּנְטוֹת֥וֹkintotvoas spreadנָטָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as spread”, the to-form of the verbH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…נֶהֱלָ֑כְתִּיnehelakhetiwalkהָלַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “walk”, a completed actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…נִ֝נְעַ֗רְתִּיninartishakeנָעַרverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “shake”, a completed actionH5287to tumble aboutshake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.כָּֽאַרְבֶּֽהkaarbehas locustאַרְבֶּהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as locust”, the ordinary formH697a locust (from its rapid increase)grasshopper, locust.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Young’s Literal Translation

As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

World English Bible

I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

Darby Translation

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡσεὶ σκιὰ ἐν τῷ ἐκκλῖναι αὐτὴν ἀντανῃρέθην, ἐξετινάχθην ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδες.