KJV: When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
YLT: Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.
Darby: When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
ASV: Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; And they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
נִשְׁמְט֣וּ | Are overthrown |
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: שָׁמַט Sense: to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall. |
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בִֽידֵי־ | by the sides |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, fdc Root: יָד Sense: hand. |
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סֶ֭לַע | of the cliff |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: סֶלַע Sense: crag, cliff, rock. |
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שֹׁפְטֵיהֶ֑ם | their judges |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: שָׁפַט Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish. |
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וְשָׁמְע֥וּ | and they hear |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey. |
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אֲ֝מָרַ֗י | my words |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular Root: אֵמֶר Sense: utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command. |
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נָעֵֽמוּ | they are sweet |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: נָעֵם Sense: (Qal) to be pleasant, be beautiful, be sweet, be delightful, be lovely. |