King James Version

Isaiah 1:16

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

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רַחֲצוּ֙rachatsvbatheרָחַץverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “bathe”, a commandH7364to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)bathe (self), wash (self).הִזַּכּ֔וּhizakvbe cleanזָכָהverb, hithpael, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be clean”, a commandH2135to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocentbe (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.הָסִ֛ירוּhasirvturnסוּרverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “turn”, a commandH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…רֹ֥עַroabadnessרֹעַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “badness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7455badness (as marring), physically or morally[idiom] be so bad, badness, ([idiom] be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖םmaalleykhemdoingמַעֲלָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “doing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4611an act (good or bad)doing, endeavour, invention, work.מִנֶּ֣גֶדminegedfrom againstנֶגֶדpreposition, preposition — “from against”H5048a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or beforeabout, (over) against, [idiom] aloof, [idiom] far (off), [idiom] from, over, presence, [idiom] other side, sight, [idiom] to view.עֵינָ֑יeynayeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…חִדְל֖וּchidlvbe unoccupiedחָדַלverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be unoccupied”, a commandH2308properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idlecease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.הָרֵֽעַhareabe worseרָעַעverb, hiphil, infinitive absolute — “be worse”, the verb used for emphasisH7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) il…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Young’s Literal Translation

Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

World English Bible

Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

Darby Translation

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,

Douay-Rheims

Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λούσασθε, καθαροὶ γένεσθε, ἀφέλετε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν, ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου· παύσασθε ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν,