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Psalms 9:15

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 9:16.

טָבְע֣וּtavevsinkטָבַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “sink”, a completed actionH2883to sinkdrown, fasten, settle, sink.ג֭וֹיִםgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.בְּשַׁ֣חַתbeshachatin destructionשַׁחַתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in destruction”, the ordinary formH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.עָשׂ֑וּasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…בְּרֶֽשֶׁתbereshetin netרֶשֶׁתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in net”, the ordinary formH7568a net (as catching animals)net(-work).ז֥וּzvthatזוּparticle, relative — “that”H2098this or thatthat, this, [idiom] wherein, which, whom.טָ֝מָ֗נוּtamanvhideטָמַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “hide”, a completed actionH2934to hide (by covering over)hide, lay privily, in secret.נִלְכְּדָ֥הnilkedahcatchלָכַדverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “catch”, a completed actionH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.רַגְלָֽםraglamfootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-16) The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

World English Bible

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Darby Translation

The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

Douay-Rheims

Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-16) The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐνεπάγησαν ἔθνη ἐν διαφθορᾷ ᾗ ἐποίησαν· ἐν παγίδι ταύτῃ ᾗ ἔκρυψαν συνελήφθη ὁ ποὺς αὐτῶν.