Deuteronomy 16:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ṣedeq ṣedeq tirdōp ləmaʿan tiḥyeh wəyārašətā ʾet-hāʾāreṣ ʾăšer-YHWH ʾělōheykā nōtēn lāk

Grammar Details

*ṣedeq*: masculine singular noun - righteousness (repeated for emphasis)
*tirdōp*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall pursue
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that
*tiḥyeh*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will live
*wəyārašətā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you will possess
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the land
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*YHWH*: divine name
*ʾělōheykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
*nōtēn*: qal participle masculine singular - giving
*lāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*ṣedeq* *ṣedeq*: righteousness righteousness/justice justice (emphatic repetition)
*tirdōp*: pursue/follow after/chase
*tiḥyeh*: live/remain alive/be preserved alive
*yārašətā*: possess/inherit/dispossess

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:1 : 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Ezek 18:5 : 5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Ezek 18:9 : 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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