King James Version

Psalms 110:6

He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

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יָדִ֣יןyadinwith a straight courseדִּיןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with a straight course”, an unfinished actionH1777a straight course, i.e. sail direct(come) with a straight course.בַּ֭גּוֹיִםbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.מָלֵ֣אmalebe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…גְוִיּ֑וֹתgeviotbodyגְּוִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “body”, the ordinary formH1472a body, whether alive or dead(dead) body, carcase, corpse.מָ֥חַץmachatspierceמָחַץverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “pierce”, a completed actionH4272to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroydip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.רֹ֝֗אשׁroshheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “head”, the ordinary formH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אֶ֥רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.רַבָּֽהrabahaboundרַבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He will judge among the nations, He will fill the places with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.

Young’s Literal Translation

He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth.

World English Bible

He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.

Darby Translation

He shall judge among the nations; he shall fill [all places] with dead bodies; he shall smite through the head over a great country.

Douay-Rheims

He will shew forth to his people the power of his works.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up the number of corpses, he shall crush the heads of many on the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κρινεῖ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, πληρώσει πτώματα, συνθλάσει κεφαλὰς ἐπὶ γῆν πολλῶν.