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Isaiah 29:21

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

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מַחֲטִיאֵ֤יmachatieby faultחָטָאverb, hiphil, participle, construct — “by fault”, a verb used as a describing wordH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.אָדָם֙adampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.בְּדָבָ֔רbedavarin causeדָּבָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in cause”, the ordinary formH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַvelamokhichaand to argueיָכַחconjunction, preposition, with the article, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “and to argue”, a verb used as a describing wordH3198to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convictappoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.בַּשַּׁ֖עַרbashaarin doorשַׁעַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in door”, the ordinary formH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).יְקֹשׁ֑וּןyeqoshunlay a snareקוֹשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “lay a snare”, an unfinished actionH6983to set a traplay a snare.וַיַּטּ֥וּvayatvand spreadנָטָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and spread”, the next action in the storyH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…בַתֹּ֖הוּvatohvin vainתֹּהוּpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in vain”, the ordinary formH8414a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vainconfusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.צַדִּֽיקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

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American Standard Version (1901)

that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

Young’s Literal Translation

Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

World English Bible

who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

Darby Translation

that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert [the judgment of] the righteous by futility.

Douay-Rheims

That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ οἱ ποιοῦντες ἁμαρτεῖν ἀνθρώπους ἐν λόγῳ· πάντας δὲ τοὺς ἐλέγχοντας ἐν πύλαις πρόσκομμα θήσουσιν, ὅτι ἐπλαγίασαν ἐπʼ ἀδίκοις δίκαιον.