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Micah 7:19

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

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יָשׁ֣וּבyashuvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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,…יְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּyerachamenvloveרָחַםverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “love”, an unfinished actionH7355to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionatehave compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely.יִכְבֹּ֖שׁyikhboshbring into bondageכָּבַשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring into bondage”, an unfinished actionH3533to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violatebring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.עֲוֺֽנֹתֵ֑ינוּaonoteynvfaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְvetashlikheand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and throw”, an unfinished actionH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.בִּמְצֻל֥וֹתbimtsulotin deepמְצוֹלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in deep”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4688a deep place (of water or mud)bottom, deep, depth.יָ֖םyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).חַטֹּאותָֽםchatovtampunishmentחַטָּאָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “punishment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offenderpunishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He will again have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Young’s Literal Translation

He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.

World English Bible

He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Darby Translation

He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Douay-Rheims

He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He will again have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and they shall be cast into the depths of the sea, even all our sins.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπιστρέψει καὶ οἰκτειρήσει ἡμᾶς, καταδύσει τὰς ἀδικίας ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀποῤῥιφήσονται εἰς τὰ βάθη τῆς θαλάσσης πάσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν.