1 Kings 13:34

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

This response became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, leading to its downfall and destruction from the face of the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֙ בַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְחַטַּ֖את בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֑ם וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And wə-yəhî in-the-ba-dāḇār the-ha-zeh for-lə-ḥaṭṭaʾṯ house-of bêṯ yārāḇʿām and-for-û-lə-haḵḥîḏ and-for-û-lə-hašmîḏ from-upon mē-ʿal faces-of pənê the-hā-ʾăḏāmâ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it became/was
• *ba-dāḇār*: preposition + article + noun masculine singular - in the matter/thing
• *ha-zeh*: article + demonstrative adjective - this
• *lə-ḥaṭṭaʾṯ*: preposition + noun feminine singular - for sin/sin-offering
• *bêṯ*: noun masculine singular construct - house of
• *yārāḇʿām*: proper name - Jeroboam
• *û-lə-haḵḥîḏ*: conjunction + preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - and to cut off/destroy
• *û-lə-hašmîḏ*: conjunction + preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - and to exterminate/annihilate
• *mē-ʿal*: preposition + preposition - from upon
• *pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - face of
• *hā-ʾăḏāmâ*: article + noun feminine singular - the ground/earth/land

Word Meanings

• *ba-dāḇār ha-zeh*: in this matter/because of this thing/by this action
• *lə-ḥaṭṭaʾṯ*: for sin/as sin/to be the sin
• *û-lə-haḵḥîḏ*: to cut off/to destroy/to annihilate
• *û-lə-hašmîḏ*: to exterminate/to destroy/to wipe out
• *mē-ʿal pənê hā-ʾăḏāmâ*: from the face of the earth/from the surface of the ground/from upon the land

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And this turned to synne vnto the house of Ieroboa, to destroye him and to brynge him to naughte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And this thing turned to sinne vnto the house of Ieroboam, euen to roote it out, and destroy it from the face of the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And this thing turned to sinne vnto the house of Ieroboam, euen to destroy him, and to bring him to naught from of the face of the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut [it] off, and to destroy [it] from off the face of the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to cut `it' off, and to destroy `it' from off the face of the ground.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 12:30 : 30 And this thing became a sin; the people came to worship the one at Bethel and went as far as Dan to worship the other.
• 1 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Therefore, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off every male in Jeroboam’s family, whether slave or free in Israel. I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam as one sweeps away dung until it is gone.
• 1 Kgs 15:29-30 : 29 As soon as Baasha became king, he killed the entire house of Jeroboam. He did not leave a single soul alive, utterly destroying them, in accordance with the word of the LORD spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite. 30 This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
• 2 Kgs 17:21 : 21 For when Israel was torn from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the Lord and led them into great sin.
• Prov 13:6 : 6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
• 1 Kgs 12:26 : 26 Jeroboam said to himself, "The kingdom will now likely return to the house of David.
• 2 Kgs 10:31 : 31 But Jehu did not walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.