1 Chronicles 17:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ בְּבַ֔יִת מִן־הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶעֱלֵ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וָֽאֶהְיֶ֛ה מֵאֹ֥הֶל אֶל־אֹ֖הֶל וּמִמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ ‬

Transliteration

For not yāšaḇtî in-bayiṯ from-the-yôm which he'ĕlêṯî ʾeṯ-Yiśrāʾēl until the-yôm hazzeh; and wāʾehyeh from-ʾōhel to-ʾōhel and from-miškān.

Grammar Details

• *yāšaḇtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I dwelt
• *bayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - house
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *he'ĕlêṯî*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I brought up
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *wāʾehyeh*: consecutive imperfect, 1st person singular - and I have been
• *ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular - tent
• *miškān*: noun, masculine singular - tabernacle/dwelling place

Word Meanings

• *yāšaḇtî*: I dwelt/lived/sat/remained
• *he'ĕlêṯî*: I brought up/raised/elevated
• *wāʾehyeh*: and I have been/became/existed
• *ʾōhel*: tent/tabernacle/covering
• *miškān*: tabernacle/dwelling place/residence

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  for I have not dwelt in{H3427} a house{H1004} since the day{H3117} that I brought up{H5927} Israel,{H3478} unto this day,{H3117} but have gone from tent{H168} to tent,{H168} and from [one] tabernacle{H4908} [to another].

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For I have not dwelt in{H3427}{(H8804)} an house{H1004} since the day{H3117} that I brought up{H5927}{(H8689)} Israel{H3478} unto this day{H3117}; but have gone from tent{H168} to tent{H168}, and from one tabernacle{H4908} to another.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte forth the children of Israel, vnto this daye: But where the Tabernacle and habitacion hath bene, there haue I bene where so euer

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I haue dwelt in no house, since the day that I brought out the childre of Israel vnto this daye, but I haue bene from tent to tent, and from habitation to habitation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I haue dwelt in no house sence the day that I brought out the children of Israel, vnto this day: but haue gone from tent to tent, and from one habitation to an other.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tent [to another].

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from `one' tabernacle `to another'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another] .

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

• World English Bible (2000)

  for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:6 : 6 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.
• Exod 40:2-3 : 2 “On the first day of the first month, you shall set up the Tabernacle, the tent of meeting. 3 Place the ark of the testimony there and shield the ark with the curtain.
• 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
• 1 Kgs 8:4 : 4 The priests and Levites brought up the Ark of the LORD, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent.
• 1 Kgs 8:16 : 16 'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'
• 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'
• 2 Chr 2:6 : 6 So now, send me a skilled craftsman, knowledgeable in working with gold, silver, bronze, iron, purple, crimson, and blue yarn, and able to engrave designs. He will work with the skilled craftsmen who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
• 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 'But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heavens cannot contain You, much less this house that I have built!
• Isa 66:1-2 : 1 This is what the Lord says: 'The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the house you could build for Me, and where is My resting place?'. 2 My hand made all these things, and so all these came into being,' declares the Lord. 'But I will look to this one: to the humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Acts 7:44-50 : 44 Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. 45 Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David. 46 David found favor in God’s sight and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. 47 But it was Solomon who built Him a house. 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says: 49 Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Or where will my resting place be? 50 Did not my hand make all these things?