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Psalms 149:8

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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לֶאְסֹ֣רlesorto bindאָסַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to bind”, the to-form of the verbH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.מַלְכֵיהֶ֣םmalkheyhemkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.בְּזִקִּ֑יםbeziqimin chainזִיקָהpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in chain”, the ordinary formH2131properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bondchain, fetter, firebrand, spark.וְ֝נִכְבְּדֵיהֶ֗םvenikhbedeyhemand be chargeableכָּבַדconjunction, verb, niphal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be chargeable”, a verb used as a describing wordH3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in…בְּכַבְלֵ֥יbekhavlein fetterכֶּבֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in fetter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3525a fetterfetter.בַרְזֶֽלvarzelironבַּרְזֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iron”, the ordinary formH1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement(ax) head, iron.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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American Standard Version (1901)

To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;

Young’s Literal Translation

To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron,

World English Bible

to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Darby Translation

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Douay-Rheims

To bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τοῦ δῆσαι τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἐν πέδαις, καὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους αὐτῶν ἐν χειροπέδαις σιδηραῖς·

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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