2 Samuel 23:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־לֹא־כֵ֥ן בֵּיתִ֖י עִם־אֵ֑ל כּ‪י֩ בְרִ֨ית עוֹלָ֜ם שָׂ֣ם לִ֗י עֲרוּכָ֤ה בַכֹּל֙ וּשְׁמֻרָ֔ה כִּֽי־כָל־יִשְׁעִ֥י וְכָל־חֵ֖פֶץ כִּֽי־לֹ֥א יַצְמִֽיחַ

Transliteration

For lōʾ-kēn bêṯî ʿim-ʾēl; for bərîṯ ʿôlām śām lî, ʿărûḵāh bakkōl and šəmurāh; for kol-yišʿî and kol-ḥēfeṣ for lōʾ yaṣmîaḥ

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *kēn*: adverb - so/thus
• *bêṯî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my house
• *ʿim*: preposition - with
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
• *bərîṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - eternity/everlasting
• *śām*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he placed/established
• *lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to/for me
• *ʿărûḵāh*: qal passive participle, feminine singular - arranged/ordered
• *bakkōl*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in everything
• *û-*: conjunction - and
• *šəmurāh*: qal passive participle, feminine singular - kept/preserved
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *yišʿî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my salvation
• *ḥēfeṣ*: noun, masculine singular - pleasure/delight/desire
• *yaṣmîaḥ*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will cause to grow/sprout

Word Meanings

• *bərîṯ*: covenant/agreement/alliance
• *ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternal/perpetual
• *śām*: placed/established/appointed/made
• *ʿărûḵāh*: arranged/ordered/prepared
• *šəmurāh*: kept/preserved/guarded
• *yišʿî*: my salvation/deliverance/victory
• *ḥēfeṣ*: pleasure/delight/desire/purpose
• *yaṣmîaḥ*: cause to grow/sprout/spring forth

Referenced Verses

• Isa 55:3 : 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
• 2 Sam 7:14-16 : 14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men; 15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. 16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
• Isa 11:1 : 1 And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.
• Isa 27:6 : 6 In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.
• Isa 61:8 : 8 For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.
• Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
• Jer 33:25-26 : 25 The Lord has said, If I have not made day and night, and if the limits of heaven and earth have not been fixed by me, 26 Then I will give up caring for the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.
• Ezek 37:26 : 26 And I will make an agreement of peace with them: it will be an eternal agreement with them: and I will have mercy on them and make their numbers great, and will put my holy place among them for ever.
• Amos 9:11 : 11 In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;
• Acts 13:34 : 34 And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.
• 1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase. 7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.
• Heb 6:19 : 19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
• 1 Sam 2:35 : 35 And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.
• 1 Sam 25:28 : 28 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.
• 2 Sam 7:18 : 18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?
• 2 Sam 12:10 : 10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
• 2 Sam 13:14 : 14 But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her.
• 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
• 2 Sam 18:14 : 14 Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.
• 1 Kgs 1:5 : 5 Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.
• 1 Kgs 2:24-25 : 24 Now by the living Lord, who has given me my place on the seat of David my father, and made me one of a line of kings, as he gave me his word, truly Adonijah will be put to death this day. 25 And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.
• 1 Kgs 11:6-8 : 6 And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did. 7 Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon. 8 And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.
• 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
• 1 Kgs 12:14 : 14 But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
• 1 Chr 17:11-14 : 11 And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong. 12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever. 13 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you; 14 But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
• Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
• Ps 63:1-3 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is; 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place. 3 Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.
• Ps 73:25-26 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth. 26 My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
• Ps 89:3 : 3 I have made an agreement with the man of my selection, I have made an oath to David my servant;
• Ps 89:28-29 : 28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed. 29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
• Ps 119:81 : 81 <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
• Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.
• Isa 7:14 : 14 For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.