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Lamentations 5:21

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּhashivenvagainשׁוּבverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “again”, a commandH7725to 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,…יְהוָ֤הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙eleykhaamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).ונשובvnshvvand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and again”, an unfinished actionH7725to 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,…וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָהvenashuvahand 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,…חַדֵּ֥שׁchadeshrenewחָדַשׁverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “renew”, a commandH2318to be new; causatively, to rebuildrenew, repair.יָמֵ֖ינוּyameynvas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…כְּקֶֽדֶםkeqedemas beforeקֶדֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.

Young’s Literal Translation

Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.

World English Bible

Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.

Darby Translation

Turn thou us unto thee, Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Douay-Rheims

Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Turn us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπίστρεψον ἡμᾶς Κύριε πρὸς σὲ, καὶ ἐπιστραφησόμεθα· καὶ ἀνακαίνισον ἡμέρας ἡμῶν καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν.