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Lamentations 3:40

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

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נַחְפְּשָׂ֤הnachpesahchangeחָפַשׂverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “change”, a determination or requestH2664to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or maskchange, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).דְרָכֵ֨ינוּ֙derakheynvalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָהvenachqorahand find outחָקַרconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and find out”, a determination or requestH2713properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimatelyfind out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.וְנָשׁ֖וּבָהvenashuvahand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, plural — “and again”, a determination or requestH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

World English Bible

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

Darby Translation

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Nun. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ΝΟΥΝ. Ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη, καὶ ἐπιστρέψομεν ἕως Κυρίου.