2 Chronicles 15:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתֶּם חִזְקוּ וְאַל־יִרְפּוּ יְדֵיכֶם כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶם

Transliteration

wə·ʾat·tem ḥiz·qū wə·ʾal-yir·pū yə·ḏê·ḵem kî yêš śā·ḵār lip̄·ʿul·laṯ·ḵem

Grammar Details

*wə·ʾat·tem*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine plural - and you
*ḥiz·qū*: verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - be strong
*wə·ʾal*: conjunction + negative particle (for imperatives) - and not
*yir·pū*: verb, qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them be weak
*yə·ḏê·ḵem*: noun, feminine dual construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your hands
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*yêš*: particle of existence - there is
*śā·ḵār*: noun, masculine singular - reward
*lip̄·ʿul·laṯ·ḵem*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for your work

Word Meanings

*ḥiz·qū*: be strong/strengthen/take courage
*yir·pū*: be weak/drop/let go
*śā·ḵār*: reward/wages/payment

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Referenced Verses

Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Josh 1:9 : 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
Ps 58:11 : 11 So that a man shall say{H8799)}, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth{H8802)} in the earth.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Heb 10:35 : 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
2 John 1:8 : 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Ruth 2:12 : 12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Matt 6:6 : 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Rom 4:4-5 : 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1 Cor 3:14 : 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Matt 10:41-42 : 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Col 3:24 : 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Ps 19:11 : 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Dan 10:19 : 19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Matt 5:46 : 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Matt 6:1 : 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matt 6:4 : 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matt 6:18 : 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Luke 6:35 : 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

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