King James Version

Psalms 58:7

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 58:8.

יִמָּאֲס֣וּyimaasvabhorמָאַסverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “abhor”, an unfinished actionH3988to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappearabhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, [idiom] utterly, vile person.כְמוֹkhemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.מַ֭יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).יִתְהַלְּכוּyithalkhvwalkהָלַךְverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “walk”, an unfinished actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…לָ֑מוֹlamvotoלָ֑מוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toיִדְרֹ֥ךְyidrokhetreadדָּרַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “tread”, an unfinished actionH1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.חצוchtsvarrowחֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.חִ֝צָּ֗יוchitsayvarrowחֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.כְּמ֣וֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.יִתְמֹלָֽלוּyitmolalvcircumciseמוּלverb, hithpael, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “circumcise”, an unfinished actionH4135to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroycircumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(58-8) Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Young’s Literal Translation

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

World English Bible

Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.

Darby Translation

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

Douay-Rheims

They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(58-8) Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξουδενωθήσονται ὡς ὕδωρ διαπορευόμενον, ἐντενεῖ τὸ τόξον αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ ἀσθενήσουσιν.