1 Kings 13:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֙ בַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לְחַטַּ֖את בֵּ֣ית יָרָבְעָ֑ם וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

And wə-yəhî in-the-ba-dāḇār the-ha-zeh for-lə-ḥaṭṭaʾṯ house-of bêṯ yārāḇʿām and-for-û-lə-haḵḥîḏ and-for-û-lə-hašmîḏ from-upon mē-ʿal faces-of pənê the-hā-ʾăḏāmâ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it became/was
• *ba-dāḇār*: preposition + article + noun masculine singular - in the matter/thing
• *ha-zeh*: article + demonstrative adjective - this
• *lə-ḥaṭṭaʾṯ*: preposition + noun feminine singular - for sin/sin-offering
• *bêṯ*: noun masculine singular construct - house of
• *yārāḇʿām*: proper name - Jeroboam
• *û-lə-haḵḥîḏ*: conjunction + preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - and to cut off/destroy
• *û-lə-hašmîḏ*: conjunction + preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - and to exterminate/annihilate
• *mē-ʿal*: preposition + preposition - from upon
• *pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - face of
• *hā-ʾăḏāmâ*: article + noun feminine singular - the ground/earth/land

Word Meanings

• *ba-dāḇār ha-zeh*: in this matter/because of this thing/by this action
• *lə-ḥaṭṭaʾṯ*: for sin/as sin/to be the sin
• *û-lə-haḵḥîḏ*: to cut off/to destroy/to annihilate
• *û-lə-hašmîḏ*: to exterminate/to destroy/to wipe out
• *mē-ʿal pənê hā-ʾăḏāmâ*: from the face of the earth/from the surface of the ground/from upon the land

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This response became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, leading to its downfall and destruction from the face of the earth.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And this turned to synne vnto the house of Ieroboa, to destroye him and to brynge him to naughte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And this thing turned to sinne vnto the house of Ieroboam, euen to roote it out, and destroy it from the face of the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And this thing turned to sinne vnto the house of Ieroboam, euen to destroy him, and to bring him to naught from of the face of the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut [it] off, and to destroy [it] from off the face of the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to cut `it' off, and to destroy `it' from off the face of the ground.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And this became a sin in the family of Jeroboam, causing it to be cut off and sent to destruction from the face of the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the surface of the earth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 12:30 : 30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before one, even as far as Dan.
• 1 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him who urinates against the wall, and him who is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man takes away dung, until it is all gone.
• 1 Kgs 15:29-30 : 29 It came to pass, as soon as he reigned, that he struck all the house of Jeroboam; he left to Jeroboam none that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, 30 because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and made Israel to sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
• 2 Kgs 17:21 : 21 For he ripped Israel from the house of David; they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them commit a great sin.
• Prov 13:6 : 6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
• 1 Kgs 12:26 : 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom shall return to the house of David.
• 2 Kgs 10:31 : 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.