King James Version

Psalms 109:24

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

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בִּ֭רְכַּיbirkaykneeבֶּרֶךְnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “knee”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1290a kneeknee.כָּשְׁל֣וּkashelvfallכָּשַׁלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fallbereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, [idiom] utterly, be weak.מִצּ֑וֹםmitsomfrom fastצוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from fast”, the ordinary formH6685a fastfast(-ing).וּ֝בְשָׂרִ֗יuvesariand bodyבָּשָׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.כָּחַ֥שׁkachashfailכָּחַשׁverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fail”, a completed actionH3584to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.מִשָּֽׁמֶןmishamenfrom oliveשֶׁמֶןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from olive”, the ordinary formH8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richnessanointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.

Young’s Literal Translation

My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

World English Bible

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

Darby Translation

My knees are failing through fasting, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of the want of oil.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰ γόνατά μου ἠσθένησαν ἀπὸ νηστείας, καὶ ἡ σάρξ μου ἠλλοιώθη διʼ ἔλαιον.