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Isaiah 16:3

Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

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הביאוhvyvto comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, a commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…הָבִ֤יאִיhaviito comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, a commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…עֵצָה֙etsahadviceעֵצָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “advice”, the ordinary formH6098advice; by implication, plan; also prudenceadvice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.עֲשׂ֣וּasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “do”, a commandH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…פְלִילָ֔הfelilahjudgmentפְּלִילָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “judgment”, the ordinary formH6415justicejudgment.שִׁ֧יתִיshitiapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “apply”, a commandH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.כַלַּ֛יִלkhalayilas nightלַיִלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).צִלֵּ֖ךְtsilekheshadeצֵלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “shade”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6738shade, whether literal or figurativedefence, shade(-ow).בְּת֣וֹךְbetokhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).צָהֳרָ֑יִםtsahorayimnoonצֹהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “noon”, the ordinary formH6672a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noonmidday, noon(-day, -tide), window.סַתְּרִי֙satrihideסָתַרverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “hide”, a commandH5641to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelybe absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.נִדָּחִ֔יםnidachimbanishנָדַחverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “banish”, a verb used as a describing wordH5080to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.נֹדֵ֖דnodedfleeנָדַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “flee”, a verb used as a describing wordH5074properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive awaychase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing).אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּגַלִּֽיtegaliexileגָּלָהverb, piel, jussive, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “exile”, a wish or indirect commandH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

Young’s Literal Translation

Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not.

World English Bible

Give counsel! Execute justice! Make your shade like the night in the middle of the noonday! Hide the outcasts! Don’t betray the fugitive!

Darby Translation

Bring in counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, discover not the fugitive.

Douay-Rheims

Take counsel, gather a council: make thy shadow as the night in the midday: hide them that flee, and betray not them that wander about.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

take farther counsel, and continually make thou a shelter from grief: they flee in darkness at mid-day; they are amazed; be not thou led captive.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

βουλεύου, ποίει τε σκέπην πένθους αὕτη διαπαντὸς, ἐν μεσημβρινῇ σκοτίᾳ φεύγουσιν, ἐξέστησαν· μὴ ἀχθῇς,