1 Kings 8:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יֵאָ֤מֶן נָא֙ *דבריך **דְּבָ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ֖ דָּוִ֥ד אָבִֽי׃

Transliteration

And now ʾĕlōhê Yiśrāʾēl yēʾāmēn please dəḇārəḵā which dibbartā to-ʿaḇdəḵā Dāwiḏ my father

Grammar Details

• *wəʿattāh*: conjunction + adverb - and now
• *ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - God of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *yēʾāmēn*: niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - let be confirmed
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
• *dəḇārəḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word (Qere reading: singular; Ketiv reading: plural *dəḇāreḵā*)
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *dibbartā*: piel perfect 2nd masculine singular - you spoke
• *ləʿaḇdəḵā*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your servant
• *Dāwiḏ*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *ʾāḇî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular possessive suffix - my father

Word Meanings

• *yēʾāmēn*: let be confirmed/established/proven true
• *nāʾ*: please/now/I pray
• *dəḇārəḵā*: your word/promise/speech (Ketiv: your words/promises/speeches)
• *dibbartā*: you spoke/promised/declared

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore, O God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} let thy word,{H1697} I pray thee, be verified,{H539} which thou spakest{H1696} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father.{H1}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And now, O God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, let thy word{H1697}, I pray thee, be verified{H539}{(H8735)}, which thou spakest{H1696}{(H8765)} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now thou God of Israel, let yi worde be verified, which thou hast promysed vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And nowe, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And now O God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, David my father.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 24:10 : 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
• 1 Sam 1:17 : 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him.
• 2 Sam 7:25-29 : 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said. 26 And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you. 27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. 28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words are true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant: 29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
• 1 Kgs 8:23 : 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, who keeps covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart:
• 2 Chr 1:9 : 9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
• Ps 41:13 : 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
• Ps 119:49 : 49 ZAIN. Remember the word to Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope.
• Isa 41:17 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
• Isa 45:3 : 3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who calls you by your name, am the God of Israel.
• Jer 11:5 : 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered and said, So be it, O LORD.
• Ezek 36:36-37 : 36 Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant what was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. 37 Thus says the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.