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Psalms 120:3

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

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מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.יִּתֵּ֣ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לְ֭ךָlekhatoלְ֭ךָpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toוּמַהumahand howמָהconjunction, particle, interrogative — “and how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.יֹּסִ֥יףyosifaddיָסַףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “add”, an unfinished actionH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…לָ֗ךְlakhetoלָ֗ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”toלָשׁ֥וֹןlashontongueלָשׁוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “tongue”, the ordinary formH3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.רְמִיָּֽהremiyahdeceitרְמִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deceit”, the ordinary formH7423remissness, treacherydeceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

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American Standard Version (1901)

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

Young’s Literal Translation

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

World English Bible

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

Darby Translation

What shall be given unto thee, what shall be added unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

Douay-Rheims

May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee, for thy crafty tongue?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τί δοθείη σοι, καὶ τί προστεθείη σοι πρὸς γλῶσσαν δολίαν;