King James Version

Isaiah 49:3

And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to 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…לִ֖יlitoלִ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toעַבְדִּיavdiservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.אָ֑תָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.יִשְׂרָאֵ֕לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בְּךָ֖bekhainבְּךָ֖preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in”inאֶתְפָּאָֽרetpaarboast selfפָּאַרverb, hithpael, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “boast self”, an unfinished actionH6286to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a treebeautify, boast self, go over the boughs, glorify (self), glory, vaunt self.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he said unto me, Thou art my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

Young’s Literal Translation

And He saith to me, 'My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'

World English Bible

He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

Darby Translation

And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, Israel, in whom I will glorify myself.

Douay-Rheims

And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and said to me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, and in thee I will be glorified.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ εἶπέ μοι, δοῦλός μου εἶ σὺ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐν σοὶ ἐνδοξασθήσομαι.