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Ezekiel 16:53

When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

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וְשַׁבְתִּי֙veshavtiand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and again”, a completed action in a sequenceH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁבִ֣יתְהֶ֔ןshevitehencaptiveשְׁבוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שביתshvytcaptiveשְׁבוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).שְׁב֤וּתshevutcaptiveשְׁבוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).סְדֹם֙sedomSodomסְדֹםnoun, proper name — “Sodom”H5467Sedom, a place near the Dead SeaSodom.וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָuvenoteyhaand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שביתshvytcaptiveשְׁבוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).שְׁב֥וּתshevutcaptiveשְׁבוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).שֹׁמְר֖וֹןshomeronSamariaשֹׁמְרוֹןnoun, proper name — “Samaria”H8111Shomeron, a place in PalestineSamaria.וּבְנוֹתֶ֑יהָuvenoteyhaand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.ושביתvshvytand captiveשְׁבוּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).וּשְׁב֥וּתushevutand captiveשְׁבוּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7622exile, concretely, prisoners; figuratively, a former state of prosperitycaptive(-ity).שְׁבִיתַ֖יִךְshevitayikhcaptiveשְׁבִיnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “captive”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7628exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, bootycaptive(-ity), prisoners, [idiom] take away, that was taken.בְּתוֹכָֽהְנָהbetokhahenahin amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “in among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will turn their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have turned back [to] their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, And the captivity of thy captives in their midst,

World English Bible

“‘“I will reverse their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives among them;

Darby Translation

And I will bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

Douay-Rheims

And I will bring back and restore them by bringing back Sodom, with her daughters, and by bringing back Samaria, and her daughters: and I will bring those that return of thee in the midst of them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will turn their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will turn their captivity, even the captivity of Sodom and her daughters; and I will turn the captivity of Samaria and her daughters; and I will turn thy captivity in the midst of them:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὰς ἀποστροφὰς αὐτῶν, τὴν ἀποστροφὴν Σοδόμων καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὴν ἀποστροφὴν Σαμαρείας καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὴν ἀποστροφήν σου ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν·