1 Kings 9:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'But if you or your descendants turn away from Me and do not keep My commands and statutes that I have given you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־שׁ֨וֹב תְּשֻׁב֜וּן אַתֶּ֤ם וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י וְלֹ֤א תִשְׁמְרוּ֙ מִצְוֺתַ֣י חֻקֹּתַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם לָהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

If-šôb təšubûn you and your-bənêkem from-after-me, and not tišmərû my-miṣwōtay my-ḥuqqōtay which nātattî before-you; wahălaktem and waʿăbadtem ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm and wəhištaḥăwîtem to-them.

Grammar Details

• *šôb*: qal infinitive absolute - turning/returning
• *təšubûn*: qal imperfect 2mp + paragogic nun - you will turn/return
• *bənêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2mp suffix - your sons
• *tišmərû*: qal imperfect 2mp - you will keep
• *miṣwōtay*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1cs suffix - my commandments
• *ḥuqqōtay*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1cs suffix - my statutes
• *nātattî*: qal perfect 1cs - I gave
• *wahălaktem*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 2mp - and you will go
• *waʿăbadtem*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 2mp - and you will serve
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - gods
• *ʾăḥērîm*: adjective, masculine plural - other
• *wəhištaḥăwîtem*: waw consecutive + hishtaphel perfect 2mp - and you will bow down

Word Meanings

• *šôb təšubûn*: surely turn away/emphatic turning away
• *miṣwōtay*: my commandments/precepts/orders
• *ḥuqqōtay*: my statutes/decrees/ordinances
• *ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm*: other gods/foreign deities
• *wəhištaḥăwîtem*: and you will bow down/prostrate yourselves/worship

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But if you or your children turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if ye shall{H7725} turn{H7725} away from following{H310} me, ye or your children,{H1121} and not keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes{H2708} which I have set{H5414} before{H6440} you, but shall go{H1980} and serve{H5647} other{H312} gods,{H430} and worship{H7812} them;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But if ye shall at all{H7725}{(H8800)} turn{H7725}{(H8799)} from following{H310} me, ye or your children{H1121}, and will not keep{H8104}{(H8799)} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes{H2708} which I have set{H5414}{(H8804)} before{H6440} you, but go{H1980}{(H8804)} and serve{H5647}{(H8804)} other{H312} gods{H430}, and worship{H7812}{(H8694)} them:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf ye turne back fro me, ye and youre childre, and kepe not my commaundementes and ordinaunces which I haue layed before you, but go and serue other goddes, and worshipe them,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if ye & your children turne away from mee, and wil not keepe my commaundements, and my statutes (which I haue set before you) but go and serue other gods, and worship them,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But and if ye and your children turne away from me, and will not kepe my commaundementes and my statutes whiche I haue set before you, but go and serue other gods, & worship them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments [and] my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But if you shall turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `If ye at all turn back -- you and your sons -- from after Me, and keep not My commands -- My statutes, that I have set before you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But if you are turned from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship:

• World English Bible (2000)

  But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:14-16 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. When he sins, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men. 15 But my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.
• 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.
• 2 Chr 7:19-22 : 19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 21 This temple, which was so exalted, will be appalling to every passerby who sees it. They will say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' 22 And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them. That is why He has brought all this disaster upon them.'
• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, 'Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.'
• Ps 89:30 : 30 I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
• Ps 89:32 : 32 if they profane my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
• 1 Kgs 11:4-9 : 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. 5 Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not fully follow the LORD as David his father had done. 7 At that time Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites. 8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods. 9 The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 Although He commanded Solomon not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD's command.
• Josh 23:15-16 : 15 But just as all the good things the LORD your God promised you have come to pass, so too the LORD will bring upon you the bad things He threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. 16 If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land He has given you.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.