King James Version

Isaiah 1:25

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

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וְאָשִׁ֤יבָהveashivahand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, hiphil, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and again”, a determination or requestH7725to 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,…יָדִי֙yadihandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […עָלַ֔יִךְalayikhaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…וְאֶצְרֹ֥ףveetsrofand castצָרַףconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and cast”, an unfinished actionH6884to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.כַּבֹּ֖רkaboras purelyבֹּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as purely”, the ordinary formH1253vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals[idiom] never so, purely.סִיגָ֑יִךְsigayikhdrossסִיגnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “dross”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5509scoriadross.וְאָסִ֖ירָהveasirahand turnסוּרconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and turn”, an unfinished actionH5493to 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…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).בְּדִילָֽיִךְbedilayikhtinבְּדִילnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “tin”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH913alloy (because removed by smelting); by analogy, tin[phrase] plummet, tin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

Young’s Literal Translation

And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,

World English Bible

I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

Darby Translation

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;

Douay-Rheims

And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will bring my hand upon thee, and purge thee completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from thee all transgressors.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπάξω τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ σὲ, καὶ πυρώσω εἰς καθαρόν, τοὺς δὲ ἀπειθοῦντας ἀπολέσω, καὶ ἀφελῶ πάντας ἀνόμους ἀπὸ σοῦ·