Isaiah 29:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

Young's Literal Translation
Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

King James Bible
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Hebrew
those who indict
מַחֲטִיאֵ֤י (ma·ḥă·ṭî·’ê)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

a man
אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

with a word,
בְּדָבָ֔ר (bə·ḏā·ḇār)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

who ensnare
יְקֹשׁ֑וּן (yə·qō·šūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 6983: To lay bait or lure

the mediator
וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַ (wə·lam·mō·w·ḵî·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict

at the gate,
בַּשַּׁ֖עַר (baš·ša·‘ar)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

and with empty charges
בַתֹּ֖הוּ (ḇat·tō·hū)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain

deprive the righteous
צַדִּֽיק׃ (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

of justice.
וַיַּטּ֥וּ (way·yaṭ·ṭū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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