1 Kings 8:44

KJV1611 – Modern English

If your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever you shall send them, and shall pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־יֵצֵ֨א עַמְּךָ֤ לַמִּלְחָמָה֙ עַל־אֹ֣יְב֔וֹ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה דֶּ֤רֶךְ הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֣רְתָּ בָּ֔הּ וְהַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֥תִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

When-yēṣēʾ ʿamməḵā to the milḥāmāh against-ʾōyəḇô in the dereḵ which tišlāḥēm, wəhitpallû to-YHWH dereḵ the ʿîr which bāḥartā in her, and the bayit which-bānîtî to šimeḵā.

Grammar Details

• *yēṣēʾ*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will go out
• *ʿamməḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your people
• *milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - battle/war
• *ʾōyəḇô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his enemy
• *dereḵ*: noun, feminine singular - way/road/direction
• *tišlāḥēm*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you will send them
• *wəhitpallû*: conjunction + verb, hitpael perfect 3rd person plural - and they will pray
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular - city
• *bāḥartā*: verb, qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have chosen
• *bayit*: noun, masculine singular - house
• *bānîtî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I have built
• *šimeḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name

Word Meanings

• *yēṣēʾ*: goes out/goes forth/departs
• *milḥāmāh*: battle/war/conflict
• *dereḵ*: way/path/journey/direction
• *tišlāḥēm*: you send them/you dispatch them
• *wəhitpallû*: they pray/they make supplication

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thy people{H5971} go out{H3318} to battle{H4421} against their enemy,{H341} by whatsoever{H1870} way thou shalt send{H7971} them, and they pray{H6419} unto Jehovah{H3068} toward{H1870} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen,{H977} and toward the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129} for thy name;{H8034}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thy people{H5971} go out{H3318}{(H8799)} to battle{H4421} against their enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, whithersoever{H1870} thou shalt send{H7971}{(H8799)} them, and shall pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto the LORD{H3068} toward{H1870} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and toward the house{H1004} that I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan thy people go forth to the battayll agaynst their enemyes, the waye that thou shalt sende them and shall praye vnto the LORDE towarde the waye of the cite which thou hast chosen, and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When thy people shall go out to battell against their enemie by the way that thou shalt sende them, and shall pray vnto the Lorde towarde the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thy people go out to battell against their enemie whythersoeuer thou shalt send them, and shal pray vnto the Lord toward the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy name:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and [toward] the house that I have built for thy name:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemy, in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Jehovah the way of the city which thou hast fixed on, and of the house which I have builded for Thy name;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the LORD toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,

Referenced Verses

• Num 31:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people. 3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to avenge the LORD on Midian. 4 From every tribe, a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments and the trumpets to blow in his hand. 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males. 8 And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of those who were slain; namely, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burned all their cities where they dwelt, and all their fortified castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan near Jericho.
• Deut 20:1-4 : 1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and a people more than you, do not be afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when you are near the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people, 3 And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, you approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, nor be terrified because of them; 4 For the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
• Deut 31:3-6 : 3 The LORD your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations before you, and you shall possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the LORD has said. 4 And the LORD shall do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to the land of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that you may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
• Josh 1:2-5 : 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the children of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, I have given to you, as I said to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, shall be your territory. 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
• Josh 6:2-5 : 2 And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and its king, and the mighty men of valor. 3 And you shall surround the city, all you men of war, and go around the city once. You shall do this for six days. 4 And seven priests shall carry before the ark seven trumpets of ram's horns: and on the seventh day you shall surround the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
• Josh 8:1-2 : 1 And the LORD said to Joshua, Do not fear or be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land. 2 And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king, only the spoil and the cattle shall you take for a prey for yourselves; lay an ambush for the city behind it.
• Judg 1:1-2 : 1 Now after the death of Joshua, it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
• Judg 4:6 : 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, Has not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go, and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
• Judg 6:14 : 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?
• 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
• 1 Sam 15:18 : 18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.
• 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And He answered him, Pursue: for you shall surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
• 2 Sam 5:19 : 19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.
• 2 Sam 5:23 : 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up, but circle around behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.
• 1 Kgs 8:16 : 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
• 2 Chr 6:34 : 34 If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
• 2 Chr 14:9-9 : 9 And Zerah the Ethiopian came against them with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and came to Mareshah. 10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, 'LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many, or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.' 12 So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.
• 2 Chr 18:31 : 31 And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they surrounded him to fight; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God moved them to depart from him.
• 2 Chr 20:6-9 : 6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? And in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? 7 Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? 8 And they dwelt in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, 9 If disaster comes upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and in Your presence (for Your name is in this house) and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save us. 10 And now, see, the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them; 11 See, how they repay us, to come to cast us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great company that comes against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You. 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
• 2 Chr 32:20 : 20 And for this reason, Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.
• Ps 78:67-69 : 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim: 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved. 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established forever.
• Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling. 14 This is My resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
• Dan 9:17-19 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God: for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.