Deuteronomy 29:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֣עַן הָקִֽים־אֹתְךָ֩ הַיּ֨וֹם ׀ ל֜וֹ לְעָ֗ם וְה֤וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּע֙ לַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

Transliteration

For-purpose-of hāqîm-you the-yôm to-him for-ʿām and-he yihyeh-to-you for-ʾĕlōhîm, as-which dibber-to-you and-as-which nišbaʿ to-ʾăbōteḵā, to-ʾAbrāhām to-Yiṣḥāq and-to-Yaʿăqōb.

Grammar Details

• *hāqîm*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to establish/confirm
• *yôm*: noun masculine singular - day
• *ʿām*: noun masculine singular - people
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God
• *dibber*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
• *nišbaʿ*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he swore
• *ʾăbōteḵā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your fathers
• *ʾAbrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
• *Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

• *hāqîm*: establish/confirm/raise up
• *ʿām*: people/nation/folk
• *dibber*: spoke/promised/declared

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That thou shoulst enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  that thou shulddest come vnder the appoyntment of the Lorde thy God, and vnder his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with the this daye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that thou shuldest enter in to the couenaunt of the LORDE thy God, and in to the ooth which the LORDE thy God maketh with the this daye,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That thou shouldest passe into the couenant of the Lord thy God, & into his othe which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God, and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

• World English Bible (2000)

  that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 15:12-15 : 12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. 13 Anyone who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. 14 They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with rams' horns. 15 All Judah rejoiced over the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought the LORD eagerly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
• Neh 10:28-29 : 28 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. 29 The rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to follow the Law of God, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, all who could understand—
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now, if you will carefully listen to My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations, for the whole earth is Mine. 6 You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.
• Deut 5:2-3 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant but with us, all of us who are alive here today.
• Deut 29:14 : 14 But also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and with those who are not here with us today.
• Josh 24:25 : 25 That day Joshua made a covenant for the people at Shechem. He established for them a statute and a rule there.
• 2 Kgs 11:17 : 17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, so that they would be the LORD's people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.