Psalms 59:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And at evening let them return, and let them make a noise like a dog, and go around the city.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּלֵּ֥ה בְחֵמָה֮ כַּלֵּ֢ה וְֽאֵ֫ינֵ֥מוֹ וְֽיֵדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־אֱ֭לֹהִים מֹשֵׁ֣ל בְּיַעֲקֹ֑ב לְאַפְסֵ֖י הָאָ֣רֶץ סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

Kallēh in ḥēmāh kallēh and they will be ʾênēmô and they will yēdĕʿû that ʾĕlōhîm mōšēl in yaʿăqōb to ʾapsê the ʾāreṣ selāh.

Grammar Details

• *Kallēh*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - destroy/consume
• *ḥēmāh*: feminine noun with preposition bə- - in wrath
• *kallēh*: Piel imperative, masculine singular (repeated) - destroy/consume
• *ʾênēmô*: negative particle with 3rd masculine plural suffix and conjunction wə- - and they will not be
• *yēdĕʿû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd plural with conjunction wə- - and they will know
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with causal particle kî- - that God
• *mōšēl*: Qal participle, masculine singular - ruling
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun with preposition bə- - in Jacob
• *ʾapsê*: masculine plural construct noun with preposition lə- - to the ends of
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with article ha- - the earth
• *selāh*: musical notation or liturgical direction

Word Meanings

• *Kallēh*: destroy/consume/bring to an end
• *ḥēmāh*: wrath/rage/anger
• *ʾapsê*: ends/extremities/limits

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  consume them in your wrath; consume them till they are no more. Then they will know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth, Selah.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round about the city.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And at evening let them return{H8799)}; and let them make a noise{H8799)} like a dog, and go round about{H8779)} the city.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Sela. Let the go to & fro, & rune aboute the cite, youlinge like dogges.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And in the euening they shall go to and fro, and barke like dogs, and go about the citie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And let them gad vp and downe at euening: let them barke lyke a dogge, and go about the citie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round about the city.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round about the city.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And in the evening let them come back, and make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.

• World English Bible (2000)

  At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Ps 59:6 : 6 They return at evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go around the city.