Deuteronomy 10:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Yet the LORD set His affection on your ancestors and loved them, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַ֧ק בַּאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ חָשַׁ֥ק יְהוָ֖ה לְאַהֲבָ֣ה אוֹתָ֑ם וַיִּבְחַ֞ר בְּזַרְעָ֣ם אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם בָּכֶ֛ם מִכָּל־הָעַמִּ֖ים כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּה׃

Transliteration

Only in ʾăbōtêkā ḥāšaq YHWH to ləʾahăbâ ʾôtām and wayyibḥar in zarʿām after them in you from all the ʿammîm like the yôm the zeh

Grammar Details

• *ʾăbōtêkā*: masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in your fathers
• *ḥāšaq*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - attached/loved
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ləʾahăbâ*: qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lamed - to love
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *wayyibḥar*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he chose
• *zarʿām*: masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in their seed/descendants
• *ʾaḥărêhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - after them
• *bākem*: preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - in you
• *ʿammîm*: masculine plural with definite article and prefixed preposition min with kol - from all the peoples
• *yôm*: masculine singular with definite article - the day
• *zeh*: demonstrative with definite article - this

Word Meanings

• *ʾāb*: father/ancestor
• *ḥāšaq*: attach/love/desire
• *ʾāhēb*: love/be devoted to
• *bāḥar*: choose/select/elect
• *zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants
• *ʿam*: people/nation/tribe

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Only the LORD had a light in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Only the LORD delighted in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Only Jehovah{H3068} had a delight{H2836} in thy fathers{H1} to love{H157} them, and he chose{H977} their seed{H2233} after{H310} them, even you above all peoples,{H5971} as at this day.{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Only the LORD{H3068} had a delight{H2836}{(H8804)} in thy fathers{H1} to love{H157}{(H8800)} them, and he chose{H977}{(H8799)} their seed{H2233} after{H310} them, even you above all people{H5971}, as it is this day{H3117}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  only the Lorde had a lust vnto thy fathers to loue them, and therfore chose you theire seed after them off all nacyons, as it is come to passe this daye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yeth hath he had a pleasure vnto yi fathers, to loue the: and hath chosen their sede after the, namely you, aboue all nacions, as it is come to passe this daye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Notwithstanding, the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them, and did choose their seede after them, euen you aboue all people, as appeareth this day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Notwithstandyng, the Lorde had a delight in thy fathers to loue them, and chose their seede after them, euen you aboue all nations, as thou seest this day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as `at' this day;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples– as is apparent today.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:37 : 37 Because He loved your ancestors, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt with His great power and presence.
• Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your ancestors, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• Rom 9:13-23 : 13 As it is written: 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.' 14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not! 15 For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' 16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort but on God’s mercy. 17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: 'I raised you up for this very purpose, so that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.' 18 So then, he has mercy on whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills. 19 You will say to me then, 'Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?' 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?' 21 Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory—
• Num 14:8 : 8 If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land flowing with milk and honey.