King James Version

Psalms 83:10

Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 83:11.

נִשְׁמְד֥וּnishmedvdestoryשָׁמַדverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “destory”, a completed actionH8045to desolatedestory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.בְֽעֵיןveeynin En-dorעֵין־דֹּארpreposition, noun, proper name — “in En-dor”H5874En-Dor, a place in PalestineEn-dor.דֹּ֑ארdorEn-dorעֵין־דֹּארnoun, proper name — “En-dor”H5874En-Dor, a place in PalestineEn-dor.הָ֥יוּhayvbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.דֹּ֝֗מֶןdomendungדֹּמֶןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dung”, the ordinary formH1828manuredung.לָאֲדָמָֽהlaadamahto countryאֲדָמָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to country”, the ordinary formH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(83-11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

They were destroyed at Endor, They were dung for the ground!

World English Bible

who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

Darby Translation

Who were destroyed at Endor; they became as dung for the ground.

Douay-Rheims

Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(83-11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they became as dung for the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξωλοθρεύθησαν ἐν Ἀενδὼρ, ἐγενήθησαν ὡσεὶ κόπρος τῇ γῇ.