King James Version

Psalms 149:7

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

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לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתlaasotto doעָשָׂהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to do”, the to-form of the verbH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…נְ֭קָמָהneqamahrevengeנְקָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “revenge”, the ordinary formH5360avengement, whether the act of the passion[phrase] avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.בַּגּוֹיִ֑םbagoyimin 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.תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗תtokhechotcorrectionתּוֹכֵחָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “correction”, the ordinary formH8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.אֻמִּֽיםumimnationלְאֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “nation”, the ordinary formH3816a communitynation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

To execute vengeance upon the nations, and chastisements upon the peoples;

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American Standard Version (1901)

To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;

Young’s Literal Translation

To do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples.

World English Bible

to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;

Darby Translation

To execute vengeance against the nations, [and] punishment among the peoples;

Douay-Rheims

To execute vengeance upon the nations, chastisements among the people:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

To execute vengeance upon the nations, and chastisements upon the peoples;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments among the peoples;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐκδίκησιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἐλεγμοὺς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς·