Deuteronomy 33:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will come cringing to you, and you will tread on their high places.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַשְׁרֶ֨יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל מִ֣י כָמ֗וֹךָ עַ֚ם נוֹשַׁ֣ע בַּֽיהוָ֔ה מָגֵ֣ן עֶזְרֶ֔ךָ וַאֲשֶׁר־חֶ֖רֶב גַּאֲוָתֶ֑ךָ וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ לָ֔ךְ וְאַתָּ֖ה עַל־בָּמוֹתֵ֥ימוֹ תִדְרֹֽךְ׃ ס

Transliteration

ʾAšrêkā Yiśrāʾēl who like-you ʿam nôšaʿ in-YHWH māgēn ʿezrekā and-which-ḥereb gaʾăwātekā and-yikkāḥăšû ʾōyəbêkā to-you and-you on-bāmôtêmô tidrōk

Grammar Details

• *ʾašrêkā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - blessed/happy are you
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *kāmôkā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - like you
• *ʿam*: noun, masculine singular - people
• *nôšaʿ*: niphal participle, masculine singular - saved
• *ba-YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - by the LORD
• *māgēn*: noun, masculine singular construct - shield of
• *ʿezrekā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your help
• *wa-ʾăšer*: conjunction + relative pronoun - and which
• *ḥereb*: noun, feminine singular construct - sword of
• *gaʾăwātekā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your excellence
• *wə-yikkāḥăšû*: conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will submit
• *ʾōyəbêkā*: qal participle, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your enemies
• *lāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
• *wə-ʾattâ*: conjunction + 2nd masculine singular pronoun - and you
• *ʿal-bāmôtêmô*: preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix (poetic) - upon their high places
• *tidrōk*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will tread

Word Meanings

• *ʾešer*: happiness/blessedness
• *nôšaʿ*: saved/delivered/rescued
• *māgēn*: shield/protection/defense
• *gaʾăwâ*: excellence/majesty/pride
• *kāḥaš*: submit/feign obedience/cringe
• *bāmâ*: high place/height/ridge
• *dārak*: tread/walk/march

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread upon their high places.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Happye art thou Israel, who is like vnto the? A people that art saued by the Lorde thy shilde and helper and swerde of thi glorye. And thyne enemyes shall hyde them selues from the, and thou shalt walke vppon their hye hilles.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Happye art thou Israel, who is lyke vnto the? O thou people yt art saued by the LORDE, which is thy helpe, shylde, and the swerde of thy glorye. Thyne enemies shal pyne awaye, and thou shalt treade vpon the height of them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is like vnto thee, O people saued by the Lorde, the shielde of thine helpe, and which is the sword of thy glorie? therefore thine enemies shall bee in subiection to thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their hie places.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Happy art thou O Israel, who is like vnto thee O people, that art saued in the Lorde which is the shielde of thy helpe and sworde of thy glorie? Thine enemies haue lost their strength to thee warde, and thou shalt treade vpon their hye places.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Happy are you, Israel: Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, The shield of your help, The sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you; You shall tread on their high places.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  O thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who `is' the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 115:9-9 : 9 Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield. 10 House of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield. 11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield.
• 2 Sam 7:23 : 23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem as his people, to make a name for himself and to perform great and awesome deeds for your land, driving out nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt?
• Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation. You will never be put to shame or humiliated, to all eternity.
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, 'How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power, Your enemies submit themselves to You.'
• Hab 3:19 : 19 The Sovereign LORD is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; He makes me tread on the heights. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.
• Gen 15:1 : 1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward will be very great."
• Num 23:20-24 : 20 'Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.' 21 'He has not observed iniquity in Jacob or seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of a king is among them.' 22 'God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.' 23 'There is no divination against Jacob, no sorcery against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel: "See what God has done!"' 24 'The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.'
• Deut 4:7-8 : 7 For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? 8 And what great nation has righteous statutes and judgments like this entire law that I am setting before you today?
• Deut 32:13 : 13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag.
• Ps 144:15 : 15 Blessed are the people whose situation is such; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the LORD, the LORD Himself, is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 On that day, the LORD will punish with his fierce, great, and strong sword Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea.
• Isa 34:5-6 : 5 For My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. Behold, it will descend upon Edom, upon the people of My judgment, to bring justice. 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood; it is fat with the fat of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Ps 7:12 : 12 God is a righteous judge and a God who is angry every day.
• Ps 18:44 : 44 You deliver me from the strife of the people; You make me the head of nations; a people I had not known serves me.
• Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His inheritance.
• Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.
• Ps 45:3 : 3 You are the most beautiful of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
• Josh 10:24-25 : 24 When they brought out these kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the warriors who had gone with him, 'Come forward and put your feet on the necks of these kings.' So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks. 25 Then Joshua said to them, 'Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for this is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you fight against.'
• Num 24:5 : 5 How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel!
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 He held seven stars in His right hand, a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face shone like the sun in its full brilliance.
• Rev 19:21 : 21 The rest were killed by the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
• Jer 12:12 : 12 On all the barren heights in the wilderness, destroyers have come. For the sword of the LORD is devouring from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Jer 47:6 : 6 'Ah, sword of the LORD!' How long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!
• Ps 81:15 : 15 I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries.
• 2 Sam 22:45 : 45 Strangers submit to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me.
• Judg 7:20 : 20 The three groups blew their trumpets and broke the jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"