King James Version

Psalms 66:11

Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

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הֲבֵאתָ֥נוּhavetanvto comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בַמְּצוּדָ֑הvamtsudahin netמָצוּדpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in net”, the ordinary formH4686a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastnesscastle, defense, fort(-ress), (strong) hold, be hunted, net, snare, strong place.שַׂ֖מְתָּsamtaputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…מוּעָקָ֣הmuaqahafflictionמוּעָקָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “affliction”, the ordinary formH4157pressure, i.e. (figuratively) distressaffliction.בְמָתְנֵֽינוּvemateneynvin loinsמֹתֶןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “in loins”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4975properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins[phrase] greyhound, loins, side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.

World English Bible

You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.

Darby Translation

Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest afflictions on our back.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰσήγαγες ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν παγίδα, ἔθου θλίψεις ἐπὶ τὸν νῶτον ἡμῶν,