Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7164 [e] קָרְס֤וּ qā-rə-sū They stoop V-Qal-Perf-3cp 3766 [e] כָֽרְעוּ֙ ḵā-rə-‘ū they bow down V-Qal-Perf-3cp 3162 [e] יַחְדָּ֔ו yaḥ-dāw, together Adv 3808 [e] לֹ֥א lō not Adv-NegPrt 3201 [e] יָכְל֖וּ yā-ḵə-lū they could V-Qal-Perf-3cp 4422 [e] מַלֵּ֣ט mal-lêṭ deliver V-Piel-Inf 4853 [e] מַשָּׂ֑א maś-śā; the burden N-ms 5315 [e] וְנַפְשָׁ֖ם wə-nap̄-šām but themselves Conj-w | N-fsc | 3mp 7628 [e] בַּשְּׁבִ֥י baš-šə-ḇî into captivity Prep-b, Art | N-ms 1980 [e] הָלָֽכָה׃ hā-lā-ḵāh. have gone V-Qal-Perf-3fs   ס s - Punc

New American Standard Bible
They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.

King James Bible
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The gods cower; they crouch together; they are not able to rescue the burden, but they themselves go into captivity."

they could

Isaiah 36:18,19 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us…

Isaiah 37:12,19 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have …

Isaiah 44:17 And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image: he …

Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped …

but

Judges 18:17,18,24 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came …

2 Samuel 5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

Jeremiah 43:12,13 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and …

Jeremiah 48:7 For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, …

themselves are. Heb. their soul is

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