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Jeremiah 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

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עָזְבָ֥הazevahcommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “commit self”, a commandH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.יְתֹמֶ֖יךָyetomeykhafatherlessיָתוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fatherless”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3490a bereaved personfatherless (child), orphan.אֲנִ֣יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אֲחַיֶּ֑הachayehliveחָיָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “live”, an unfinished actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.וְאַלְמְנֹתֶ֖יךָvealmenoteykhaand desolate houseאַלְמָנָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and desolate house”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH490a widow; also a desolate placedesolate house (palace), widow.עָלַ֥יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…תִּבְטָֽחוּtivtachvbe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “be bold”, a wish or indirect commandH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Leave thy fatherless children, I will rear them, and let thy widows trust in Me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Leave thine orphans — I do keep alive, And thy widows — on Me trust ye,

World English Bible

Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.”

Darby Translation

Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Douay-Rheims

Leave thy fatherless children: I will make them live: and thy widows shall hope in me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Leave thy fatherless children, I will rear them, and let thy widows trust in Me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the Lord: for I am with you, to deliver you, and save you out of their hand.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ φοβηθῆτε ἀπὸ προσώπου βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, οὗ ὑμεῖς φοβεῖσθε· ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβηθῆτε, φησὶ Κύριος, ὅτι μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἐγὼ, ἐξαιρεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ σώζειν ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτῶν.