King James Version

Zephaniah 2:12

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

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גַּםgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.אַתֶּ֣םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.כּוּשִׁ֔יםkushimCushiteכּוּשִׁיnoun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “Cushite”, the ordinary formH3569a Cushite, or descendant of CushCushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).חַֽלְלֵ֥יchallekillחָלָלadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “kill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, pollutedkill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.חַרְבִּ֖יcharbiknifeחֶרֶבnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “knife”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.הֵֽמָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My sword.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

Young’s Literal Translation

Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword [are] they.

World English Bible

You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

Darby Translation

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword.

Douay-Rheims

You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by My sword.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὑμεῖς Αἰθίοπες τραυματίαι ῥομφαίας μου ἐστέ.