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Isaiah 59:11

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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נֶהֱמֶ֤הnehemehbe disquietedהָמָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “be disquieted”, an unfinished actionH1993to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamorclamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.כַדֻּבִּים֙khadubimas bearדֹּבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as bear”, the ordinary formH1677the bear (as slow)bear.כֻּלָּ֔נוּkulanvallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “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).וְכַיּוֹנִ֖יםvekhayonimand as doveיוֹנָהconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and as dove”, the ordinary formH3123a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)dove, pigeon.הָגֹ֣הhagoimagineהָגָהverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “imagine”, the verb used for emphasisH1897to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponderimagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.נֶהְגֶּ֑הnehgehimagineהָגָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “imagine”, an unfinished actionH1897to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponderimagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.נְקַוֶּ֤הneqavehgatherקָוָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “gather”, an unfinished actionH6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expectgather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).לַמִּשְׁפָּט֙lamishpatto lawמִשְׁפָּטpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…וָאַ֔יִןvaayinand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).לִֽישׁוּעָ֖הlishuahto deliveranceיְשׁוּעָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to deliverance”, the ordinary formH3444something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperitydeliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.רָחֲקָ֥הrachaqahlooseרָחַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “loose”, a completed actionH7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).מִמֶּֽנּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

We all growl like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for right, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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American Standard Version (1901)

We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Young’s Literal Translation

We make a noise as bears — all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation — it hath been far from us.

World English Bible

We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Darby Translation

We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

Douay-Rheims

We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

We all growl like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for right, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡς ἄρκος καὶ ὡς περιστερὰ ἅμα πορεύσονται· ἀνεμείναμεν κρίσιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σωτηρία, μακρὰν ἀφέστηκεν ἀφʼ ἡμῶν.