King James Version

Isaiah 1:27

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

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צִיּ֖וֹןtsionZionצִיּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣טbemishpatin lawמִשְׁפָּטpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…תִּפָּדֶ֑הtipadehransomפָּדָהverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “ransom”, an unfinished actionH6299to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve[idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.וְשָׁבֶ֖יהָveshaveyhaand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and again”, a verb used as a describing wordH7725to 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,…בִּצְדָקָֽהbitsdaqahin justiceצְדָקָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in justice”, the ordinary formH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

Young’s Literal Translation

Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness.

World English Bible

Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

Darby Translation

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness.

Douay-Rheims

Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For her captives shall be saved with judgment, and with mercy.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

μετὰ γὰρ κρίματος σωθήσεται ἡ αἰχμαλωσία αὐτῆς, καὶ μετὰ ἐλεημοσύνης.