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Psalms 46:6

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 46:7.

הָמ֣וּhamvbe disquietedהָמָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be disquieted”, a completed actionH1993to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamorclamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.ג֭וֹיִםgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.מָ֣טוּmatvfallמוֹטverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH4131to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fallbe carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.מַמְלָכ֑וֹתmamlakhotkingdomמַמְלָכָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “kingdom”, the ordinary formH4467dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)kingdom, king's, reign, royal.נָתַ֥ןnatangiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…בְּ֝קוֹל֗וֹbeqolvoin soundקוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.תָּמ֥וּגtamugfaintמוּגverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “faint”, an unfinished actionH4127to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)consume, dissolve, (be) faint(-hearted), melt (away), make soft.אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(46-7) Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Young’s Literal Translation

Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

World English Bible

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.

Darby Translation

The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

Douay-Rheims

God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(46-7) Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐταράχθησαν ἔθνη, ἔκλιναν βασιλεῖαι, ἔδωκε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ, ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ.