King James Version

Psalms 78:33

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

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וַיְכַלvaykhaland ceaseכָּלָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cease”, the next action in the storyH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…בַּהֶ֥בֶלbahevelin vanityהֶבֶלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in vanity”, the ordinary formH1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.יְמֵיהֶ֑םyemeyhemas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗םushenotamand yearשָׁנֶהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and year”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).בַּבֶּהָלָֽהbabehalahin terrorבֶּהָלָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in terror”, the ordinary formH928panic, destructionterror, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

Young’s Literal Translation

And He consumeth in vanity their days, And their years in trouble.

World English Bible

Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

Darby Translation

And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years with anxiety.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

θαυμασίοις αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἐξέλιπον ἐν ματαιότητι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν μετὰ σπουδῆς.