King James Version

Isaiah 28:26

For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

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וְיִסְּר֥וֹveyisrvoand chastiseיָסַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and chastise”, a completed action in a sequenceH3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instructbind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.לַמִּשְׁפָּ֖טlamishpatto lawמִשְׁפָּטpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to 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,…אֱלֹהָ֥יוelohayvGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.יוֹרֶֽנּוּyorenvshootיָרָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shoot”, an unfinished actionH3384properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For his God doth instruct him aright, and doth teach him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.

World English Bible

For his God instructs him in right judgment and teaches him.

Darby Translation

His God doth instruct him in [his] judgment, he doth teach him.

Douay-Rheims

For he will instruct him in judgment: his God will teach him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So thou shalt be chastened by the judgment of thy God, and shalt rejoice.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ παιδευθήσῃ κρίματι Θεοῦ σου, καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ.