Exodus 19:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה אִם־שָׁמ֤וֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ בְּקֹלִ֔י וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֑י וִהְיִ֨יתֶם לִ֤י סְגֻלָּה֙ מִכָּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים כִּי־לִ֖י כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿattāh if šāmôaʿ tišməʿû in qôlî û-šmartem ʾet-bərîtî wî-hyîtem to me səgullāh from all the ʿammîm for to me [is] all the ʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - and now
• *šāmôaʿ*: infinitive absolute - hearing
• *tišməʿû*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you will hear/listen/obey
• *qôlî*: noun, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my voice
• *û-šmartem*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you will keep/observe
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bərîtî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant
• *wî-hyîtem*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you will be
• *səgullāh*: noun, feminine singular - special possession/treasure
• *ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural (with definite article) - peoples/nations
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular (with definite article) - the earth/land

Word Meanings

• *šāmôaʿ tišməʿû*: you will surely hear/listen/obey (emphatic construction)
• *səgullāh*: special possession/treasured possession/personal property
• *ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/ethnic groups

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Now therfore yf ye will heare my voyce and kepe myne appoyntment: ye shall be myne awne aboue all nations, for all the erth is myne.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shalbe myne owne before all people: for the whole earth is myne:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therefore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in deede, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shall be as a deare treasure vnto me aboue all nations: for al the earth is myne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth `is' Mine;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 14:2 : 2 For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
• Deut 26:18 : 18 And the LORD has declared today that you are His treasured people as He promised, and that you are to keep all His commandments.
• Deut 5:2 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
• Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
• Exod 9:29 : 29 Moses replied, 'When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord.'
• Job 41:11 : 11 From his mouth go forth torches; sparks of fire leap out.
• Ps 135:4 : 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.
• Mal 3:17 : 17 They will be mine, says the Lord of Hosts, on the day when I act. I will spare them as a father spares his son who serves him.
• 1 Cor 10:26 : 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was to receive as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
• Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of His inheritance, as you are today.
• Ps 24:1 : 1 The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord, the world and all who live in it.
• Exod 23:22 : 22 If you listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and oppose those who oppose you.
• Josh 24:24 : 24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.
• 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
• 1 Kgs 8:53 : 53 For You set them apart from all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O LORD God.
• 1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if someone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.
• Song 8:12 : 12 My vineyard, which belongs to me, is before me. The thousand pieces of silver are for you, Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
• Isa 1:19 : 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
• Isa 41:8 : 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend,
• Isa 43:1 : 1 But now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, Jacob, He who formed you, Israel: 'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine.'
• Isa 56:4 : 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant,
• Jer 7:23 : 23 But this is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, so that it may go well with you.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the Lord Almighty is His name.
• Jer 11:4-7 : 4 Which I commanded your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Obey my voice and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. 5 In order to establish the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey—as it is today.’ Then I replied, ‘Amen, LORD.’ 6 The LORD said to me, ‘Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of this covenant and do them.’ 7 For I earnestly warned your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt until this very day, persistently saying: Listen to my voice.
• Jer 31:31-33 : 31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, declares the LORD. 33 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Dan 4:34-34 : 34 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of Heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
• Exod 24:7 : 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."
• Exod 15:26 : 26 He said, 'If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in His eyes, if you pay attention to His commands and keep all His decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.'
• Deut 11:27 : 27 the blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
• Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
• Ps 50:11-12 : 11 I know all the birds of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
• Ps 103:17-18 : 17 But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's steadfast love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness is with their children's children. 18 With those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.
• Deut 28:1 : 1 If you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God by carefully keeping all His commandments that I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
• Deut 32:8-9 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. 9 For the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
• Deut 14:21 : 21 You shall not eat anything that dies naturally. You may give it to the foreigner living in your towns so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.