King James Version

Psalms 139:22

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

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תַּכְלִ֣יתtakhlitperfectתַּכְלִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “perfect”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8503completion; by implication, an extremityend, perfect(-ion).שִׂנְאָ֣הsinahhateשִׂנְאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “hate”, the ordinary formH8135hate[phrase] exceedingly, hate(-ful, -red).שְׂנֵאתִ֑יםsenetimhateשָׂנֵאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “hate”, a completed actionH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗יםleoyevimto enemyאֹיֵבpreposition, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “to enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.הָ֣יוּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

Young’s Literal Translation

[With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.

World English Bible

I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.

Darby Translation

I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τέλειον μῖσος ἐμίσουν αὐτοὺς, εἰς ἐχθροὺς ἐγένοντό μοι.