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Isaiah 33:5

The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

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נִשְׂגָּ֣בnisgavbe excellentשָׂגַבverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “be excellent”, a verb used as a describing wordH7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figurativelydefend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.יְהוָ֔הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שֹׁכֵ֖ןshokhenabideשָׁכַןverb, qal, participle, absolute — “abide”, a verb used as a describing wordH7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).מָר֑וֹםmaromaboveמָרוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “above”, the ordinary formH4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)(far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.מִלֵּ֣אmilebe at an endמָלֵאverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…צִיּ֔וֹןtsionZionצִיּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.מִשְׁפָּ֖טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “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,…וּצְדָקָֽהutsedaqahand justiceצְדָקָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and justice”, the ordinary formH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Young’s Literal Translation

Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,

World English Bible

Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness;

Douay-Rheims

The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The God who dwells on high is holy: Sion is filled with judgment and righteousness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἅγιος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν ὑψηλῷ, ἔνεπλήσθη Σιὼν κρίσεως καὶ δικαιοσύνης.