Isaiah 49:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’ ”

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast said in thy heart: ‘Who hath begotten for me—these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these—who hath nourished? Lo, I—I was left by myself, these—whence [are] they?

King James Bible
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?

Hebrew
Then you will say
וְאָמַ֣רְתְּ (wə·’ā·mart)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

in your heart,
בִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְ (bil·ḇā·ḇêḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

‘Who
מִ֤י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

has begotten
יָֽלַד־ (yā·laḏ-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

these for me?
אֵ֔לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

I
וַאֲנִ֥י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

was bereaved
שְׁכוּלָ֖ה (šə·ḵū·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7921: To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave

and barren;
וְגַלְמוּדָ֑ה (wə·ḡal·mū·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1565: Sterile, desolate

I was exiled
גֹּלָ֣ה ׀ (gō·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 1473: Exile, exiles

and rejected.
וְסוּרָ֗ה (wə·sū·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

So who
מִ֣י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

has reared them?
גִדֵּ֔ל (ḡid·dêl)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

Look,
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

was left
נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי (niš·’ar·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

all alone,
לְבַדִּ֔י (lə·ḇad·dî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

so
אֵ֖לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

where
אֵיפֹ֥ה (’ê·p̄ōh)
Interrogative
Strong's 375: What place?, when?, how?

did they come from?’”
הֵֽם׃ (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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