2 Chronicles 15:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתֶּם חִזְקוּ וְאַל־יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיכֶם כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶם

Transliteration

wə·ʾat·tem ḥiz·qū wə·ʾal-yir·pū yə·ḏê·ḵem kî yêš śā·ḵār lip̄·ʿul·laṯ·ḵem

Grammar Details

*wə·ʾat·tem*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine plural - and you
*ḥiz·qū*: verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - be strong
*wə·ʾal*: conjunction + negative particle (for imperatives) - and not
*yir·pū*: verb, qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them be weak
*yə·ḏê·ḵem*: noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your hands
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*yêš*: particle of existence - there is
*śā·ḵār*: noun, masculine singular - reward
*lip̄·ʿul·laṯ·ḵem*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for your work

Word Meanings

*ḥiz·qū*: be strong/strengthen/take courage
*yir·pū*: be weak/drop/let go
*śā·ḵār*: reward/wages/payment

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Referenced Verses

Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
Josh 1:9 : 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.
Ps 58:11 : 11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
Heb 10:35 : 35 Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.
2 John 1:8 : 8 Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, {G3450} {G80} be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Ruth 2:12 : 12 Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.
Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
Matt 6:6 : 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
Rom 4:4-5 : 4 Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel {G5547} without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Matt 10:41-42 : 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the {G2873} love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.
Col 3:24 : 24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: {G1063} ye serve the Lord Christ.
Ps 19:11 : 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping them there is great reward.
Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
Dan 10:19 : 19 And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he spake unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
Matt 5:46 : 46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Matt 6:1 : 1 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
Matt 6:4 : 4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.
Matt 6:18 : 18 that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, and do [them] good, and lend, never despairing; {G560} and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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