Deuteronomy 32:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יָדִ֤ין יְהוָה֙ עַמּ֔וֹ וְעַל־עֲבָדָ֖יו יִתְנֶחָ֑ם כִּ֤י יִרְאֶה֙ כִּי־אָ֣זְלַת יָ֔ד וְאֶ֖פֶס עָצ֥וּר וְעָזֽוּב׃

Transliteration

For yāḏîn YHWH ʿammô, and-concerning-ʿăḇāḏāyw yiṯneḥām; for yirʾeh that-ʾāzəlaṯ yāḏ, and-nothing ʿāṣûr and-ʿāzûḇ.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *yāḏîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will judge/vindicate
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ʿammô*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his people
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ʿal*: preposition - concerning/on behalf of
• *ʿăḇāḏāyw*: noun, masculine, plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
• *yiṯneḥām*: verb, hitpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will relent/have compassion
• *yirʾeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will see
• *ʾāzəlaṯ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is gone/exhausted
• *yāḏ*: noun, feminine, singular - hand/strength
• *ʾep̄es*: noun, masculine, singular - ceasing/end of
• *ʿāṣûr*: adjective, masculine, singular passive - confined/restrained
• *ʿāzûḇ*: adjective, masculine, singular passive - abandoned/forsaken

Word Meanings

• *yāḏîn*: will judge/vindicate/defend
• *ʿammô*: his people/his nation
• *ʿăḇāḏāyw*: his servants/his slaves
• *yiṯneḥām*: will relent/have compassion/comfort himself
• *yirʾeh*: he will see/observe/perceive
• *ʾāzəlaṯ*: is gone/exhausted/depleted
• *yāḏ*: hand/strength/power
• *ʾep̄es*: ceasing/end of/nothing
• *ʿāṣûr*: confined/restrained/imprisoned
• *ʿāzûḇ*: abandoned/forsaken/left behind

Referenced Verses

• Ps 135:14 : 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
• Ps 106:45 : 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
• Joel 2:14 : 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
• 1 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
• 1 Kgs 21:21 : 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
• 2 Kgs 9:8 : 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
• 2 Kgs 14:26 : 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
• Judg 2:18 : 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
• Ps 90:13 : 13 Return{H8798)}, O LORD, how long? and let it repent{H8734)} thee concerning thy servants.
• Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
• Judg 10:15-16 : 15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
• Ps 7:8 : 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
• Ps 50:4 : 4 He shall call{H8799)} to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge{H8800)} his people.
• Amos 7:3 : 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
• Amos 7:6 : 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
• Heb 10:30 : 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
• Deut 30:1-3 : 1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
• Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.