Isaiah 49:6
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
BSB
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ASV
yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
KJV
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| נָקֵ֨ל | na.Kel | it is [too] trifling | H7043 → |
| מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ֥ | mih.yot.Kha | for being you | H1961 → |
| לִי֙ | li | of me | |
| עֶ֔בֶד | 'E.ved | servant | H5650 → |
| לְהָקִים֙ | le.ha.Kim | to raise up | H6965 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שִׁבְטֵ֣י | shiv.Tei | [the] tribes of | H7626 → |
| יַעֲקֹ֔ב | ya.'a.Ko | Jacob | H3290 → |
| וּנְצוּרֵ֥י | u.ne.tzi.rei | and [the] preserved [ones] of | H5341 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| לְהָשִׁ֑יב | le.ha.Shiv | to bring back | H7725 → |
| וּנְתַתִּ֙יךָ֙ | u.ne.ta.Ti.kha | and I will make you | H5414 → |
| לְא֣וֹר | le.'or | <into> a light of | H216 → |
| גּוֹיִ֔ם | go.Yim | [the] nations | H1471 → |
| לִֽהְי֥וֹת | lih.Yot | to be | H1961 → |
| יְשׁוּעָתִ֖י | ye.shu.'a.Ti | salvation my | H3444 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | to | H5704 → |
| קְצֵ֥ה | ke.Tzeh | [the] end of | H7097 → |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ ס | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
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