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Isaiah 54:11

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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עֲנִיָּ֥הaniyahafflictedעָנִיadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “afflicted”, the ordinary formH6041depressed, in mind or circumstancesafflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.סֹעֲרָ֖הsoarahtroubledסָעַרverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “troubled”, a completed actionH5590to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נֻחָ֑מָהnuchamahcomfortנָחַםverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “comfort”, a completed actionH5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).הִנֵּ֨הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.אָנֹכִ֜יanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.מַרְבִּ֤יץmarbitscrouchרָבַץverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “crouch”, a verb used as a describing wordH7257to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbedcrouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.בַּפּוּךְ֙bapukhein fair coloursפּוּךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in fair colours”, the ordinary formH6320dye (specifically, stibium for the eyes)fair colours, glistering, paint(-ed) (-ing).אֲבָנַ֔יִךְavanayikhstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וִיסַדְתִּ֖יךְvisadtikheand foundיָסַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and found”, a completed action in a sequenceH3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consultappoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.בַּסַּפִּירִֽיםbasapirimin sapphireסַפִּירpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in sapphire”, the ordinary formH5601a gem (perhaps used for scratching other substances), probably the sapphiresapphire.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

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American Standard Version (1901)

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Young’s Literal Translation

O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

World English Bible

“You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Darby Translation

[Thou] afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires;

Douay-Rheims

O poor little one, tossed with tempest, without all comfort, behold I will lay thy stones in order, and will lay thy foundations with sapphires,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Afflicted and outcast thou hast not been comforted: behold, I will prepare carbuncle for thy stones, and sapphire for thy foundations;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ταπεινὴ καὶ ἀκατάστατος οὐ παρεκλήθης· ἰδοὺ, ἐγὼ ἑτοιμάζω σοι ἄνθρακα τὸν λίθον σου, καὶ τὰ θεμέλιά σου σάπφειρον,