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Psalms 18:45

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 18:46.

בְּנֵיbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […נֵכָ֥רnekharalienנֵכָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alien”, the ordinary formH5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendomalien, strange ([phrase] -er).יִבֹּ֑לוּyibolvdisgraceנָבֵלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “disgrace”, an unfinished actionH5034to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgracedisgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.וְ֝יַחְרְג֗וּveyachregvand be afraidחָרַגconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be afraid”, an unfinished actionH2727properly, to leap suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to be dismayedbe afraid.מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽםmimisgeroteyhemfrom borderמִסְגֶּרֶתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4526something enclosing, i.e. a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a strongholdborder, close place, hole.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(18-46) The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.

World English Bible

The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.

Darby Translation

Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(18-46) The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἐπαλαιώθησαν, καὶ ἐχώλαναν ἀπὸ τῶν τρίβων αὐτῶν.