In Psalms 135 of Psalms .
Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
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שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה shehikah who strike שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה shehikah who strike נָכָה particle, relative, verb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “who strike”, a completed action H5221 to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound. גּוֹיִ֣ם goyim Gentile גּוֹיִ֣ם goyim Gentile גּוֹי noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary form H1471 a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts Gentile, heathen, nation, people. רַבִּ֑ים rabim abound רַבִּ֑ים rabim abound רַב adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary form H7227 abundant (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),… וְ֝הָרַ֗ג veharag and destroy וְ֝הָרַ֗ג veharag and destroy הָרַג conjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action H2026 to smite with deadly intent destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely. מְלָכִ֥ים melakhim king מְלָכִ֥ים melakhim king מֶלֶךְ noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “king”, the ordinary form H4428 a king king, royal. עֲצוּמִֽים ׃ atsumim great עֲצוּמִֽים atsumim great עָצוּם adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “great”, the ordinary form H6099 powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous [phrase] feeble, great, mighty, must, strong. Jewish translation (JPS 1917)
Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:
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American Standard Version (1901) Who smote many nations, And slew mighty kings,
Young’s Literal Translation Who smote many nations, and slew strong kings,
World English Bible He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings—
Darby Translation Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings,
Douay-Rheims Who smote Egypt with their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Jewish Publication Society (1917) Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings;
Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851) Ὃς ἐπάταξεν ἔθνη πολλά, καὶ ἀπέκτεινε βασιλεῖς κραταιούς·
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