Joshua 24:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Israel was true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the older men who were still living after Joshua's death, and had seen what the Lord had done for Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וְכֹ֣ל ׀ יְמֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר יָדְע֗וּ אֵ֚ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And wayyaʿăbōd Yisrāʾēl ʾet-YHWH all yemê Yehōshūaʿ and all yemê the zeqēnîm who heʾĕrîkū yāmîm after Yehōshūaʿ and who yādʿū ʾēt all maʿăśēh YHWH which ʿāśāh for Yisrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿăbōd*: waw consecutive with qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he served
• *Yisrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *yemê*: construct plural of *yōm* - days of
• *Yehōshūaʿ*: proper noun, masculine - Joshua
• *zeqēnîm*: definite noun, masculine plural - the elders
• *heʾĕrîkū*: hiphil perfect 3rd common plural - they prolonged/extended
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
• *yādʿū*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they knew
• *maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - work/deed of
• *ʿāśāh*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he did/made

Word Meanings

• *wayyaʿăbōd*: served/worshipped/obeyed
• *zeqēnîm*: elders/old men/leaders
• *heʾĕrîkū*: prolonged/extended/lengthened
• *yādʿū*: knew/experienced/were acquainted with
• *maʿăśēh*: work/deed/action

Referenced Verses

• Judg 2:7 : 7 And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men who were still living after the death of Joshua, and had seen all the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.
• Deut 11:2 : 2 And be certain in your minds this day; for these words are not said to your children, who have had no experience of the training of the Lord your God, and who have not seen his great power or his strong hand and his stretched-out arm,
• Deut 31:13 : 13 And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.
• Deut 31:29 : 29 For I am certain that after my death you will give yourselves up to sin, wandering from the way which I have given you; and evil will overtake you in the end, because you will do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of your hands.
• Deut 11:7 : 7 But your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord which he has done.
• 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.
• 2 Chr 24:17-18 : 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them. 18 And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.
• Acts 20:29 : 29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
• Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;