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I never doubt the hand of God's infinite wisdom in the wording of God-breathed Scripture, and it is remarkable how some texts seem to anticipate errors not invented for centuries, or even millennia, after their publication.... If a separate pronoun IS added, the result is emphatic in some way. In this text, a separate pronoun IS added. "He [pronoun] he-will-strike-you [verb]."

Yeah, I came across the Jewish Publication Society translation as I was mulling over your post and I immediately thought "hey, there's a double-whammy in the verse"... for the JPS "they will strike" translation to be legitimate, you not only hafta interpret the singular verb in the plural -- but throw out the individual Masculine pronoun altogether.

And ma'am, I don't dispute that Jerome knew things I don't. But I would suggest that an additional seventeen HUNDRED years of Hebrew studies has added some to the corpus of Hebrew knowledge.

I still say that she isn't even quoting Jerome, who rendered the Text "HE will strike" in the Latin, not "she" ("ipse", not "ipsa"). The Douay-Rheims frankly bollixed the Jerome translation.

Unless, I guess, Rome says that the Douay-Rheims didn't mis-translate Jerome, in which case -- hear no "ipse", see no "ipse", speak no "ipse". And ignore the seeming electric-pencilsharpener sound; that's just Jerome spinning several hundred RPM. ;-)