King James Version

Isaiah 43:27

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

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אָבִ֥יךָavikhafatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe firstרִאשׁוֹןdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the first”, the ordinary formH7223first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.חָטָ֑אchataby faultחָטָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “by fault”, a completed actionH2398properly, 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.וּמְלִיצֶ֖יךָumelitseykhaand make a mockלוּץconjunction, verb, hiphil, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and make a mock”, a verb used as a describing wordH3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercedeambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.פָּ֥שְׁעוּpashevoffendפָּשַׁעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “offend”, a completed actionH6586to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarreloffend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).בִֽיviinבִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy first father sinned, And thine interpreters transgressed against me,

World English Bible

Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

Darby Translation

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have rebelled against me.

Douay-Rheims

Thy brat father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Your fathers first, and your princes have transgressed against me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν πρῶτοι, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν ἠνόμησαν εἰς ἐμέ.