23 Heb “for the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain”; “will protect Mount Zion”; “will protect (rest on ) Jerusalem.”
24 Heb “under him,” i.e., “in his place.”
25 The marginal reading (Qere) is בְּמוֹ (bémo, “in”). The consonantal text (Kethib) has בְּמִי (bémi, “in the water of”).
26 Heb “he”; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
27 The antecedent of the third masculine singular pronominal suffix is probably the masculine noun מַתְבֵּן (matben, “heap of straw”) in v. 10 rather than the feminine noun מַדְמֵנָה (madmenah, “manure pile”), also in v. 10.
28 Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
29 Heb “his”; the referent (Moab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
30 The Hebrew text has, “he will bring down his pride along with the [?] of his hands.” The meaning of אָרְבּוֹת (’arbot), which occurs only here in the OT, is unknown. Some (see 70 אָרְבָּה) translate “artifice, cleverness,” relating the form to the verbal root אָרָב (’arav, “to lie in wait, ambush”), but this requires some convoluted semantic reasoning. *אָרְבָּה suggests the meaning “[nimble] movements.” The translation above, which attempts to relate the form to the preceding context, is purely speculative.
31 Moab is addressed.
32 Heb “a fortification, the high point of your walls.”
33 Heb “he will bring [it] down, he will make [it] touch the ground, even to the dust.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,

and Moab shall be trampled down in his place,

as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.

And he will spread out his hands in the midst of it

as a swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,

but the Lord will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill of his hands.

And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,

lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;

but Moab will be trampled in their land

as straw is trampled down in the manure.

They will stretch out their hands in it,

as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.

God will bring down their pride

despite the cleverness of their hands.

He will bring down your high fortified walls

and lay them low;

he will bring them down to the ground,

to the very dust.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain.

But Moab will be trampled in his place

as straw is trampled in a dung pile.

He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,

as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.

His pride will be brought low,

along with the trickery of his hands.

The high-walled fortress will be brought down,

thrown to the ground, to the dust.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord’s hand of blessing will rest on Jerusalem.

But Moab will be crushed.

It will be like straw trampled down and left to rot.

God will push down Moab’s people

as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands.

He will end their pride

and all their evil works.

The high walls of Moab will be demolished.

They will be brought down to the ground,

down into the dust.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the hand of Yahweh will rest on this mountain,

and Moab shall be trampled down under him

as a heap of straw is trampled down in waters of a dung heap.

And it will spread out its hands in the midst of it,

just as the swimmer spreads out to swim,

and its pride will be brought low with the movement of its hands.

And he will throw down the fortification of the high point of your walls;

he will bring it low;

he will send it to the ground,

to the dust.

KJV 1900King James Version

For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest,

And Moab shall be trodden down under him,

Even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them,

As he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim:

And he shall bring down their pride

Together with the spoils of their hands.

And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,

Lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.

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