King James Version

Isaiah 54:12

And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

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וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כַּֽדְכֹד֙kadkhodagateכַּדְכֹּדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “agate”, the ordinary formH3539a sparkling gem, probably the rubyagate.שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְshimshotayikhsunשֶׁמֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “sun”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement[phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְushearayikhand doorשַׁעַרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “and door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8179an opening, i.e. door or gatecity, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).לְאַבְנֵ֣יleavneto stoneאֶבֶןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “to 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).אֶקְדָּ֑חeqdachcarbuncleאֶקְדָּחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “carbuncle”, the ordinary formH688burning, i.e. a carbuncle or other fiery gemcarbuncle.וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).גְּבוּלֵ֖ךְgevulekheborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.לְאַבְנֵיleavneto stoneאֶבֶןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “to 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).חֵֽפֶץchefetsdesireחֵפֶץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “desire”, the ordinary formH2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

Young’s Literal Translation

And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight,

World English Bible

I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

Darby Translation

and I will make thy battlements of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of precious stones.

Douay-Rheims

And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and I will make thy buttresses jasper, and thy gates crystal, and thy border precious stones.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ θήσω τὰς ἐπάλξεις σου ἴασπιν, καὶ τὰς πύλας σου λίθους κρυστάλλου, καὶ τὸν περίβολόν σου λίθους ἐκλεκτούς·

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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