30 Heb “All the men of your covenant”; , “the men of thy confederacy.” In Hebrew “they will send you unto the border” and “all the men of your covenant” appear in two separate poetic lines (cf. “To the border they drive you—all your allies”). Since the second is a noun clause functioning as the subject of the first clause, the two are rendered as a single sentence in the translation.
31 Heb “send”; “send you forth”; “drive”; “force.”
32 Heb “to the border” (so , , ).
33 Heb “the men of your peace.” This expression refers to a political/military alliance or covenant of friendship.
34 Heb “your bread,” which makes little sense in the context. The Hebrew word can be revocalized to read “those who eat bread with you,” i.e., “your friends.” Cf. “they that eat thy bread”; “those who eat your bread”; “Those friends who ate with you.”
35 Heb “set a trap” (so , ). The meaning of the Hebrew word מָזוֹר (mazor; here translated “ambush”) is uncertain; it occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. The word probably refers to something “spread out” for purposes of entrapment, such as a net. Other possibilities include “trap,” “fetter,” or “stumbling block.”
36 Heb “beneath” (so ).
37 Heb “there is no understanding in him.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All your allies have driven you to your border;

those at peace with you have deceived you;

they have prevailed against you;

those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you—

you have no understanding.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All your allies will force you to the border;

your friends will deceive and overpower you;

those who eat your bread will set a trap for you,

but you will not detect it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Everyone who has a treaty with you

will drive you to the border;

everyone at peace with you

will deceive and conquer you.

Those who eat your bread

will set a trap for you.

He will be unaware of it.

NLTNew Living Translation

“All your allies will turn against you.

They will help to chase you from your land.

They will promise you peace

while plotting to deceive and destroy you.

Your trusted friends will set traps for you,

and you won’t even know about it.

All of your allies have driven you up to the boundary; your confederates have deceived you and have prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set an ambush for you, there is no understanding of it.

KJV 1900King James Version

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border:

The men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee;

They that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee:

There is none understanding in him.

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