Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleI will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. Young's Literal Translation And I have appointed over them four kinds, an affirmation of Jehovah, The sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, And the fowl of the heavens, And the beast of the earth, to consume and to devour. King James Bible And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. Hebrew I will appointוּפָקַדְתִּ֨י (ū·p̄ā·qaḏ·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit over them עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against four אַרְבַּ֤ע (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's 702: Four kinds of destroyers, מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ (miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD: יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the sword הַחֶ֣רֶב (ha·ḥe·reḇ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword to kill, לַֽהֲרֹ֔ג (la·hă·rōḡ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent the dogs הַכְּלָבִ֖ים (hak·kə·lā·ḇîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3611: A dog, a male prostitute to drag away, לִסְחֹ֑ב (lis·ḥōḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5498: To trail along and the birds ע֧וֹף (‘ō·wp̄) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5775: Flying creatures of the air הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky and beasts בֶּהֱמַ֥ת (be·hĕ·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal of the earth הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land to devour לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 398: To eat and destroy. וּלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ (ū·lə·haš·ḥîṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin |