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Isaiah 58:8

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

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אָ֣זazat which timeאָזadverb — “at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.יִבָּקַ֤עyibaqabreak forthבָּקַעverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break forth”, an unfinished actionH1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or openmake a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.כַּשַּׁ֨חַר֙kashacharas earlyשַׁחַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as early”, the ordinary formH7837dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.אוֹרֶ֔ךָorekhabrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ֖vaarukhatekhaand healthאֲרוּכָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and health”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH724wholeness (literally or figuratively)health, made up, perfected.מְהֵרָ֣הmeherahhastilyמְהֵרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “hastily”, the ordinary formH4120properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptlyhastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.תִצְמָ֑חtitsmachbearצָמַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH6779to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).וְהָלַ֤ךְvehalakhand walkהָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and walk”, a completed action in a sequenceH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…לְפָנֶ֨יךָ֙lefaneykhato a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…צִדְקֶ֔ךָtsidqekharightצֶדֶקnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “right”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity[idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).כְּב֥וֹדkevodgloriousכָּבוֹדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “glorious”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).יַאַסְפֶֽךָyaasfekhadestroyאָסַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of the LORD shall be thy rearward.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.

Young’s Literal Translation

Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.

World English Bible

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

Darby Translation

Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.

Douay-Rheims

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily arise, and thy justice shall go before thy face, and the glory of the Lord shall gather thee up.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of the LORD shall be thy rearward.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τότε ῥαγήσεται πρώϊμον τὸ φῶς σου, καὶ τὰ ἰάματά σου ταχὺ ἀνατελεῖ· καὶ προπορεύσεται ἔμπροσθέν σου ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου, καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Θεοῦ περιστελεῖ σε.