1 Samuel 12:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה הִֽתְיַצְּב֛וּ וְאִשָּׁפְטָ֥ה אִתְּכֶ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אֵ֚ת כָּל־צִדְק֣וֹת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה אִתְּכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿattāh hityaṣṣəbû wə-ʾiššāpəṭāh ʾittəkem lipnê YHWH ʾēt kol-ṣidqôt YHWH ʾăšer-ʿāśāh ʾittəkem wə-ʾet-ʾăbôtêkem

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - and now
*hityaṣṣəbû*: hithpael imperative masculine plural - stand
*wə-ʾiššāpəṭāh*: conjunction + niphal cohortative 1st person singular - and let me enter into judgment
*ʾittəkem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - with you
*lipnê*: preposition + noun - before
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*kol*-*ṣidqôt*: noun construct + noun feminine plural construct - all righteous acts of
*ʾăšer*-*ʿāśāh*: relative pronoun + qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - which he did
*wə-ʾet*-*ʾăbôtêkem*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and with your fathers

Word Meanings

*hityaṣṣəbû*: stand/present yourselves/take your stand
*wə-ʾiššāpəṭāh*: and let me enter into judgment/plead/reason with
*ṣidqôt*: righteous acts/righteous deeds/saving acts
*ʾittəkem*: with you/for you

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Referenced Verses

Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa 5:3-4 : 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Ezek 18:25-30 : 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Mic 6:1-5 : 1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Acts 17:3 : 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Judg 5:11 : 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

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