King James Version

Isaiah 33:24

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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וּבַלuvaland lestבַּלconjunction, particle, negative — “and lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.יֹאמַ֥רyomarsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…שָׁכֵ֖ןshakheninhabitantשָׁכֵןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “inhabitant”, the ordinary formH7934a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizeninhabitant, neighbour, nigh.חָלִ֑יתִיchalitibe grievedחָלָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be grieved”, a completed actionH2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreatbeseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) we…הָעָ֛םhaamthe peopleעַםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.הַיֹּשֵׁ֥בhayoshevthe dwellיָשַׁבdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בָּ֖הּbahinבָּ֖הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”inנְשֻׂ֥אnesulift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, passive participle, construct — “lift up”, a verb used as a describing wordH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…עָוֺֽןaonfaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fault”, the ordinary formH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the inhabitant shall not say: 'I am sick'; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Young’s Literal Translation

Nor doth an inhabitant say, 'I was sick,' The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!

World English Bible

The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.

Darby Translation

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven [their] iniquity.

Douay-Rheims

Neither shall he that is near, say: I am feeble. The people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity taken away from them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the inhabitant shall not say: 'I am sick'; the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ οὐ μὴ εἴπωσι, Κοπιῶ ὁ λαὸς ἐνοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς· ἀφεθῆ γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἡ ἁμαρτία.