King James Version

Isaiah 33:17

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.

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מֶ֥לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.בְּיָפְי֖וֹbeyafeyvoin beautyיֳפִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3308beautybeauty.תֶּחֱזֶ֣ינָהtechezeynahbeholdחָזָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “behold”, an unfinished actionH2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision ofbehold, look, prophesy, provide, see.עֵינֶ֑יךָeyneykhaeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…תִּרְאֶ֖ינָהtireynahseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “see”, an unfinished actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…אֶ֥רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מַרְחַקִּֽיםmarchaqimfar . See also H1023מֶרְחָקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “far . See also H1023”, the ordinary formH4801remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar(a-, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023 (בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold a land stretching afar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.

Young’s Literal Translation

A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.

World English Bible

Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.

Darby Translation

Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty; they shall behold the land that is far off.

Douay-Rheims

His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty; they shall behold a land stretching afar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from afar.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Βασιλέα μετὰ δόξης ὄψεσθε, οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν ὄψονται γῆν πόῤῥωθεν,