Isaiah 49:6

Bible › Isaiah › Chapter 49 › Verse 6

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.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.”

In other translations

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.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.”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559נָקֵלnakelit is [too] triflingH7043מִהְיוֹתְךָmihyotkhafor being youH1961לִיliof meעֶבֶד'evedservantH5650לְהָקִיםlehakimto raise upH6965אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שִׁבְטֵיshivtei[the] tribes ofH7626יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290וּנְצוּרֵיunetzireiand [the] preserved [ones] ofH5341יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לְהָשִׁיבlehashivto bring backH7725וּנְתַתִּיךָunetatikhaand I will make youH5414לְאוֹרle'or<into> a light ofH216גּוֹיִםgoyim[the] nationsH1471לִהְיוֹתlihyotto beH1961יְשׁוּעָתִיyeshu'atisalvation myH3444עַד־'ad-toH5704קְצֵהketzeh[the] end ofH7097הָאָרֶץ׃ סha'aretzthe earthH776

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

Topics

People and places

People: Jacob

Dark mode