2 Chronicles 32:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Be strong and couragious: feare not, neither be afraide for the King of Asshur, neither for all the multitude that is with him: for there be mo with vs, then is with him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חִזְק֣וּ וְאִמְצ֔וּ אַל־תִּֽירְא֣וּ וְאַל־תֵּחַ֗תּוּ מִפְּנֵי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וּמִלִּפְנֵ֖י כָּל־הֶהָמ֣וֹן אֲשֶׁר־עִמּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־עִמָּ֥נוּ רַ֖ב מֵעִמּֽוֹ

Transliteration

ḥizqû wə-ʾimṣû not-tîrəʾû and-not-tēḥattû from-before meleḵ ʾaššûr and-from-before all-the-hāmôn ʾăšer-with-him kî-with-us raḇ from-with-him

Grammar Details

• *ḥizqû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - be strong
• *wə-ʾimṣû*: conjunction + qal imperative, masculine plural - and be courageous
• *tîrəʾû*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural (jussive) - fear
• *tēḥattû*: niphal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural (jussive) - be dismayed/terrified
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular construct - king of
• *ʾaššûr*: proper noun - Assyria
• *hāmôn*: masculine singular noun with definite article - multitude/crowd
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *raḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - greater/more numerous

Word Meanings

• *ḥizqû*: be strong/strengthen yourselves
• *ʾimṣû*: be courageous/strong/bold
• *tēḥattû*: be dismayed/shattered/terrified
• *hāmôn*: multitude/crowd/abundance

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 6:16 : 16 And he answered, Feare not: for they that be with vs, are moe then they that be with them.
• 2 Chr 20:15 : 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Iudah, and ye inhabitantes of Ierusalem, and thou, King Iehoshaphat: thus saith the Lord vnto you, Feare you not, neither be afraide for this great multitude: for the battel is not yours, but Gods.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say vnto them that are fearefull, Bee you strong, feare not: beholde, your God commeth with vengeance: euen God with a recompense, he will come and saue you.
• Dan 10:19 : 19 And said, O man, greatly beloued, feare not: peace be vnto thee: be strong and of good courage; when he had spoken vnto me, I was strengthened, and saide, Let my Lord speake: for thou hast strengthened me.
• Zech 8:9 : 9 Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Let your hands be strong, ye that heare in these dayes these words by the mouth of the Prophets, which were in the day, that the foundation of the House of the Lord of hostes was laide, that the Temple might be builded.
• Zech 8:23 : 23 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, In those dayes shall ten men take holde out of all languages of the nations, euen take holde of the skirt of him that is a Iewe, and say, We will go with you: for we haue heard that God is with you.
• Rom 8:31 : 31 What shall we then say to these thinges? If God be on our side, who can be against vs?
• Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
• 2 Tim 2:1 : 1 Thou therefore, my sonne, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Iesus.
• 1 John 4:4 : 4 Litle children, ye are of God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in this world.
• 2 Kgs 18:30 : 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliuer vs, and this citie shall not be giuen ouer into the hand of the king of Asshur.
• 2 Kgs 19:6-7 : 6 And Isaiah said vnto them, So shall ye say to your master, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Be not afraide of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of Asshur haue blasphemed me. 7 Beholde, I will sende a blast vpon him, and he shall heare a noyse, and returne to his owne lande: and I will cause him to fall by the sworde in his owne lande.
• 1 Chr 22:13 : 13 Then thou shalt prosper, if thou take heede to obserue the statutes and the iudgements which the Lorde commanded Moses for Israel: be strong and of good courage: feare not, neither bee afraide.
• 1 Chr 28:10 : 10 Take heede now, for the Lord hath chosen thee to buylde the house of the Sanctuarie: be strong therefore, and doe it.
• 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And Dauid said to Salomon his sonne, Be strong, and of a valiant courage and doe it: feare not, nor be afraide: for the Lorde God, euen my God is with thee: he will not leaue thee nor forsake thee till thou hast finished all the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord.
• Deut 31:6-7 : 6 Plucke vp your hearts therefore, and be strong: dread not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lorde thy God him selfe doeth goe with thee: he will not faile thee, nor forsake thee. 7 And Moses called Ioshua, and said vnto him in the sight of all Israel, Be of a good courage and strong: for thou shalt go with this people vnto the lande which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers, to giue them, and thou shalt giue it them to inherite.
• Deut 31:23 : 23 And God gaue Ioshua the sonne of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong, and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the lande, which I sware vnto them, and I will be with thee.
• Josh 1:6-9 : 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for vnto this people shalt thou deuide the lande for an inheritance, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue them. 7 Onely be thou strong, and of a most valiant courage, that thou mayest obserue and doe according to all the Lawe which Moses my seruant hath commanded thee: thou shalt not turne away from it to the right hande, nor to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoeuer thou goest. 8 Let not this booke of the Law depart out of thy mouth, but meditate therin day & night, that thou mayest obserue and doe according to all that is written therein: for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou haue good successe. 9 Haue not I commanded thee, saying, Be strong and of a good courage, feare not, nor be discouraged? for I the Lord thy God will be with thee, whithersoeuer thou goest.