King James Version

Isaiah 49:12

Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

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הִנֵּהhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.אֵ֕לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).מֵרָח֖וֹקmerachoqfrom of oldרָחוֹקpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “from of old”, the ordinary formH7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)(a-) far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.יָבֹ֑אוּyavovto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…וְהִֽנֵּהvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.אֵ֨לֶּה֙elehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).מִצָּפ֣וֹןmitsafonfrom northצָפוֹןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “from north”, the ordinary formH6828properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).וּמִיָּ֔םumiyamand from seaיָםconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and from sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וְאֵ֖לֶּהveelehand theseאֵלֶּהconjunction, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “and these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).מֵאֶ֥רֶץmeeretsfrom earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from 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.סִינִֽיםsinimSinimסִינִיםnoun, proper name — “Sinim”H5515Sinim, a distant Oriental regionSinim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.

World English Bible

Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.”

Darby Translation

Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Douay-Rheims

Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from the south country.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Behold, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, these shall come from far: and these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ οὗτοι πόῤῥωθεν ἥξουσιν, οὗτοι ἀπὸ Βοῤῥᾶ καὶ θαλάσσης, ἄλλοι δὲ ἐκ γῆς Περσῶν.