King James Version

Psalms 80:10

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 80:11.

כָּסּ֣וּkasvcoverכָּסָהverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “cover”, a completed actionH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).הָרִ֣יםharimhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.צִלָּ֑הּtsilahshadeצֵלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “shade”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6738shade, whether literal or figurativedefence, shade(-ow).וַ֝עֲנָפֶ֗יהָvaanafeyhaand boughעָנָףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6057a twig (as covering the limbs)bough, branch.אַֽרְזֵיarzecedarאֶרֶזnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “cedar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).אֵֽלelidolאֵלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(80-11) The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

Young’s Literal Translation

Covered have been hills [with] its shadow, And its boughs [are] cedars of God.

World English Bible

The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.

Darby Translation

The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of God;

Douay-Rheims

There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(80-11) The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots equalled the goodly cedars.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκάλυψεν ὄρη ἡ σκιὰ αὐτῆς, καὶ αἱ ἀναδενδράδες αὐτῆς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Θεοῦ.