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Psalms 2:3

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

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נְֽ֭נַתְּקָהnenatqahbreakנָתַקverb, piel, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “break”, a determination or requestH5423to tear offbreak (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹmoseroteymvobandמוֹסֵרnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “band”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4147properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraintband, bond.וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָהvenashlikhahand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and throw”, a determination or requestH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.מִמֶּ֣נּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹavoteymvobandעֲבֹתnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “band”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5688something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliageband, cord, rope, thick bough (branch), wreathen (chain).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

World English Bible

“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”

Darby Translation

Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!

Douay-Rheims

Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away their yoke from us.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

saying , Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διαῤῥήξωμεν τοὺς δεσμοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀποῤῥίψωμεν ἀφʼ ἡμῶν τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτῶν.