Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me. Young's Literal Translation And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father—ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back. King James Bible But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. Hebrew Then Iוְאָנֹכִ֣י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I said, אָמַ֗רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘How אֵ֚יךְ (’êḵ) Interjection Strong's 349: How?, how!, where I long to make you אֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ (’ă·šî·ṯêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 7896: To put, set My sons בַּבָּנִ֔ים (bab·bā·nîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son and give וְאֶתֶּן־ (wə·’et·ten-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set you a desirable חֶמְדָּ֔ה (ḥem·dāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2532: Desire, delight land, אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land the most beautiful צְבִ֖י (ṣə·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6643: Splendor, a gazelle inheritance נַחֲלַ֥ת (na·ḥă·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion of all צִבְא֣וֹת (ṣiḇ·’ō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign the nations.’ גּוֹיִ֑ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts I thought וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say you would call Me תִּקְרְאִי־ (tiq·rə·’î-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read ‘Father’ אָבִי֙ (’ā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1: Father and never לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no turn away תָשֽׁוּבִי׃ (ṯā·šū·ḇî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again from following Me. וּמֵאַחֲרַ֖י (ū·mê·’a·ḥă·ray) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | first person common singular Strong's 310: The hind or following part |