Deuteronomy 31:5

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have command you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּנְתָנָ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם לָהֶ֔ם כְּכָל־הַמִּצְוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶתְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And û-nətānām YHWH before-you, and wa-ʿăśîtem to-them according-to-all-the-miṣwāh which ṣiwwîtî you.

Grammar Details

• *û-nətānām*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'and he will give them'
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *wa-ʿăśîtem*: waw consecutive + qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - 'and you will do'
• *miṣwāh*: noun feminine singular - 'commandment'
• *ṣiwwîtî*: piel perfect 1st singular - 'I commanded'

Word Meanings

• *û-nətānām*: will give/deliver/hand over them
• *wa-ʿăśîtem*: you will do/perform/execute
• *miṣwāh*: commandment/precept/ordinance

Referenced Verses

• Deut 7:2 : 2 And when the LORD thy God shall liver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly stroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
• Deut 7:18 : 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
• Deut 7:23-25 : 23 But the LORD thy God shall liver them unto thee, and shall stroy them with a mighty struction, until they be stroyed. 24 And he shall liver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt stroy their name from unr heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have stroyed them. 25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not sire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
• Deut 20:16-17 : 16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: 17 But thou shalt utterly stroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath command thee:
• Exod 23:32-33 : 32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
• Exod 34:12-16 : 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
• Num 33:52-56 : 52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.