King James Version
Isaiah 43:27 in the King James Version says “Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. teachers: Heb. interpreters” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 43 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. teachers: Heb. interpreters”
Isaiah 43:27 · KJV
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. teachers: Heb. interpreters
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. princes: or, holy princes
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“hath sinned”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
“and thy teachers”
H3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e., to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
“have transgressed”
H6586to break away (from just authority), i.e., trespass, apostatize, quarrel
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