1 Kings 8:61

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

May your hearts be fully devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as it is today.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֤ה לְבַבְכֶם֙ שָׁלֵ֔ם עִ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לָלֶ֧כֶת בְּחֻקָּ֛יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֺתָ֖יו כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And-hāyâ ləbabkem šālēm with YHWH ʾĕlōhênû, to-lāleket in-ḥuqqāyw and-to-lišmōr miṣwōtāyw as-the-yôm the-zeh.

Grammar Details

• *hāyâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - may it be
• *ləbabkem*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heart
• *šālēm*: adjective, masculine singular - complete/perfect
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾĕlōhênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our God
• *lāleket*: Qal infinitive construct - to walk
• *ḥuqqāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his statutes
• *lišmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
• *miṣwōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his commandments
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

• *hāyâ*: may it be/let it be
• *ləbabkem*: your heart/your mind/your inner being
• *šālēm*: complete/whole/perfect/at peace
• *lāleket*: to walk/to follow/to live
• *ḥuqqāyw*: his statutes/his decrees
• *lišmōr*: to keep/to observe/to guard
• *miṣwōtāyw*: his commandments/his orders

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And let youre hert be perfecte with the LORDE oure God, to walke in his statutes, and to kepe his commaundementes, as it is this daye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lorde our God to walke in his statutes, and to keepe his commandements, as this day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let your heart therfore be perfect with the Lord our God, that ye walke in his statutes, and kepe his commaundementes, as this day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and your heart hath been perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commands, as `at' this day.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 As Solomon grew older, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his father had been.
• 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 saying, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You in truth, wholeheartedly, and have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.
• 1 Kgs 15:14 : 14 The high places were not removed, yet Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
• Deut 18:13 : 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
• Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; walk before Me faithfully and be blameless."
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
• Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and turned away from evil.
• Job 1:8 : 8 The LORD said to Satan, 'Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth—a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and turns away from evil.'
• Ps 37:37 : 37 Observe the blameless and consider the upright, for there is a future for the person of peace.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
• Phil 3:12-16 : 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let all of us who are mature think this way. And if in anything you think differently, that too God will reveal to you. 16 Only let us hold true to what we have already attained.