Deuteronomy 7:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But the LORD your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great panic until they are destroyed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּנְתָנָ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וְהָמָם֙ מְהוּמָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽם׃

Transliteration

And ūnətānām YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā before you, and həhāmām məhûmâ gədōlâ, until hiššāmədām.

Grammar Details

• *ūnətānām*: Qal perfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he will give them
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *həhāmām*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - he will confuse them
• *məhûmâ*: noun feminine singular - confusion/panic
• *gədōlâ*: adjective feminine singular - great/large
• *hiššāmədām*: Niphal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their being destroyed

Word Meanings

• *ūnətānām*: give them/deliver them/hand over to you
• *həhāmām*: confuse them/discomfit them/throw into panic
• *məhûmâ*: confusion/panic/discomfiture
• *gədōlâ*: great/large/significant
• *hiššāmədām*: their being destroyed/their being exterminated/until they are annihilated

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But the LORD thy God shall liver them unto thee, and shall stroy them with a mighty struction, until they be stroyed.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But the LORD your God shall deliver them to you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will deliver{H5414} them up before thee,{H6440} and will discomfit{H1949} them with a great{H1419} discomfiture,{H4103} until they be destroyed.{H8045}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them unto thee{H6440}, and shall destroy{H1949}{(H8804)} them with a mighty{H1419} destruction{H4103}, until they be destroyed{H8045}{(H8736)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the LORde thy god shall delyuer the vnto the ad sterre vp a mightie tepest amoge the, vntil thei be brought to nought.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The LORDE thy God shall delyuer them before the, and shall smite them with a greate slaughter, tyll they be destroyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction, vntill they be brought to naught.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But the Lorde thy God shall geue them ouer before thee, and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction, vntyll he haue brought them to naught.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and destroyed them -- a great destruction -- till their destruction;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But the Lord your God will give them up into your hands, overpowering them till their destruction is complete.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 2:15 : 15 Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, eliminating them from within the camp until they were all destroyed.
• Deut 8:20 : 20 Like the nations that the Lord is destroying before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God.
• Deut 9:3 : 3 But understand today that the LORD your God is the one crossing ahead of you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and subdue them before you, so you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
• Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
• Jer 17:18 : 18 May my persecutors be put to shame, but may I not be put to shame. May they be dismayed, but may I not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction.
• Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.