Deuteronomy 12:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּן כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנַ֧חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֛ים פֹּ֖ה הַיּ֑וֹם אִ֖ישׁ כָּל־הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Not taʿăśûn like-all which we ʿōśîm here hayyôm ʾîš all-the yaššār in ʿênāyw

Grammar Details

*taʿăśûn*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun - you shall do
*ʿōśîm*: qal participle masculine plural - doing
*hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the day/today
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/each one
*yaššār*: masculine singular adjective - right/straight/correct
*ʿênāyw*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes

Word Meanings

*taʿăśûn*: do/make/perform
*ʿōśîm*: doing/making/performing
*hayyôm*: today/this day/now
*ʾîš*: man/each one/everyone
*yaššār*: right/straight/correct/proper
*ʿênāyw*: his eyes/in his sight/in his own opinion

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Amos 5:25 : 25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:42 : 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Num 15:39 : 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

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