Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleI laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD. Young's Literal Translation I have laid a snare for thee, And also—thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou—thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against Jehovah thou hast stirred thyself up. King James Bible I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. Hebrew I laid a snareיָקֹ֨שְׁתִּי (yā·qō·šə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3369: To lay a bait or lure for you, לָ֤ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew O Babylon, בָּבֶ֔ל (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city and you וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and were caught נִלְכַּדְתְּ֙ (nil·kaḏt) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere before you וְאַ֖תְּ (wə·’at) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you knew it. יָדָ֑עַתְּ (yā·ḏā·‘at) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3045: To know You were found נִמְצֵאת֙ (nim·ṣêṯ) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present and captured נִתְפַּ֔שְׂתְּ (niṯ·paśt) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you challenged הִתְגָּרִֽית׃ (hiṯ·gā·rîṯ) Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 1624: To stir up (strife), engage in strife the LORD. בַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel |