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Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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וְהָרְשָׁעִ֖יםvehareshaimand the guiltyרָשָׁעconjunction, definite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.כַּיָּ֣םkayamas seaיָםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as 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).נִגְרָ֑שׁnigrashdrive awayגָּרַשׁverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “drive away”, a verb used as a describing wordH1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorcecast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.כִּ֤יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…הַשְׁקֵט֙hashqetappeaseשָׁקַטverb, hiphil, infinitive absolute — “appease”, the verb used for emphasisH8252to repose (usually figurative)appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.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…יוּכָ֔לyukhalbe ableיָכֹלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be able”, an unfinished actionH3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.וַיִּגְרְשׁ֥וּvayigreshvand drive awayגָּרַשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and drive away”, the next action in the storyH1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorcecast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.מֵימָ֖יוmeymayvwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).רֶ֥פֶשׁrefeshmireרֶפֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “mire”, the ordinary formH7516mud (as roiled)mire.וָטִֽיטvatitand clayטִיטconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and clay”, the ordinary formH2916mud or clay; figuratively, calamityclay, dirt, mire.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the wicked [are] as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

World English Bible

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.

Darby Translation

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

Douay-Rheims

But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ δὲ ἄδικοι κλυδωνισθήσονται, καὶ ἀναπαύσασθαι οὐ δυνήσονται.

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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