1 Samuel 2:35

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, that shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י לִי֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן נֶאֱמָ֔ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר בִּלְבָבִ֥י וּבְנַפְשִׁ֖י יַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וּבָנִ֤יתִי לוֹ֙ בַּ֣יִת נֶאֱמָ֔ן וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ לִפְנֵֽי־מְשִׁיחִ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-I-will-qûm for-me kōhēn ʾāman, as-that in-lēbāb-my and-in-nepeš-my ʿāśâ; and-I-will-bānâ for-him bayit ʾāman, and-he-will-hālak before-māšîaḥ-my all-the-yāmîm.

Grammar Details

• *wa-hăqîmōtî*: waw consecutive + hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - and I will raise up
• *lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - for me
• *kōhēn*: masculine singular - priest
• *neʾĕmān*: niphal participle, masculine singular - faithful/reliable/established
• *ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - according to that which
• *bi-lbābî*: preposition + masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - in my heart
• *û-bə-napšî*: conjunction + preposition + feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and in my soul
• *yaʿăśeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will do
• *û-bānîtî*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will build
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for him
• *bayit*: masculine singular - house
• *wə-hithalēk*: waw consecutive + hithpael perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he will walk/conduct himself
• *lipnê*: preposition + plural construct - before
• *məšîḥî*: masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my anointed
• *kol-ha-yāmîm*: construct + definite article + masculine plural - all the days

Word Meanings

• *qûm*: raise up/establish/confirm
• *kōhēn*: priest/officiator
• *ʾāman*: faithful/reliable/established/trustworthy
• *lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner person
• *nepeš*: soul/life/person/self/desire
• *ʿāśâ*: do/make/accomplish
• *bānâ*: build/establish/set up
• *bayit*: house/household/family/dynasty
• *hālak*: walk/go/live/conduct oneself
• *māšîaḥ*: anointed one/messiah
• *yāmîm*: days/lifetime/period

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he will walk before My anointed one forever.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will raise me up{H6965} a faithful{H539} priest,{H3548} that shall do{H6213} according to that which is in my heart{H3824} and in my mind:{H5315} and I will build{H1129} him a sure{H539} house;{H1004} and he shall walk{H1980} before{H6440} mine anointed{H4899} for ever.{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will raise me up{H6965}{(H8689)} a faithful{H539}{(H8737)} priest{H3548}, that shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} according to that which is in mine heart{H3824} and in my mind{H5315}: and I will build{H1129}{(H8804)} him a sure{H539}{(H8737)} house{H1004}; and he shall walk{H1980}{(H8694)} before{H6440} mine anointed{H4899} for ever{H3117}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But vnto my selfe I wyll rayse vp a faithfull prest, which shal do acordinge as it is in my hert & in my soule: vnto him wyll I buylde a sure house, that he maye allwaye walke before myne anoynted.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I will stirre me vp a faithfull Priest, that shall do according to mine heart and according to my minde: & I wil build him a sure house, & he shall walke before mine Anointed for euer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I wyll stirre me vp a faythfull priest, yt shall do according to my heart and minde, and I wil builde him a sure house, and he shall walke before mine annoynted for euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I have raised up for Me a stedfast priest; as in My heart and in My soul he doth do; and I have built for him a stedfast house, and he hath walked up and down before Mine anointed all the days;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I will make for him a family which will not come to an end; and his place will be before my holy one for ever.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a lasting dynasty and he will serve my chosen one for all time.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:27 : 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.
• 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
• 2 Sam 7:11 : 11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.
• 1 Sam 25:28 : 28 Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant, for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days.
• Ps 18:50 : 50 Great deliverance he gives to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his descendants forevermore.
• 1 Kgs 2:35 : 35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.
• Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Ezek 44:15-16 : 15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD: 16 They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
• Heb 2:17 : 17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
• Heb 7:26-28 : 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; 27 Who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for he did this once, when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses; but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who is perfected forever.
• 1 Chr 6:8-9 : 8 And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan, 10 And Johanan fathered Azariah, (he is the one who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 11 And Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum, 13 And Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 14 And Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
• 1 Chr 29:22 : 22 And they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
• Neh 12:10-11 : 10 And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim also fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada, 11 And Joiada fathered Jonathan, and Jonathan fathered Jaddua.
• Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
• 1 Kgs 1:8 : 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
• 1 Kgs 1:45 : 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise you have heard.
• 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you.
• 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
• Exod 1:21 : 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
• Num 25:13 : 13 And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.