1 Samuel 24:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י מָלֹ֖ךְ תִּמְל֑וֹךְ וְקָ֙מָה֙ בְּיָ֣דְךָ֔ מַמְלֶ֖כֶת יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And now hinnêh yādaʿtî that mālōk timlôk and weqāmâ in your hand mamleket Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *hinnêh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
• *yādaʿtî*: perfect, 1st person singular - I know
• *mālōk*: infinitive absolute - surely reign
• *timlôk*: imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will reign
• *weqāmâ*: conjunction + perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and it will be established
• *mamleket*: noun, feminine singular construct - kingdom of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *yādaʿtî*: I know/have known/am certain
• *mālōk timlôk*: surely you will be king/you will certainly reign (emphatic construction)
• *weqāmâ*: will be established/will arise/will endure

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now I know that you will surely be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  sweare now therfore vnto me by the LORDE, yt thou shalt not rote out my sede after me, nether destroie my name out of my fathers house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (24:22) Sweare now therfore vnto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seede after me, and that thou wilt not abolish my name out of my fathers house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Swere nowe therfore vnto me by the Lorde, that thou shalt not destroy my seede after me, and that thou shalt not put my name out of my fathers house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and, now, swear to me by Jehovah -- thou dost not cut off my seed after me, nor dost thou destroy my name from the house of my father.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And now I am certain that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be made strong under your authority.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So now swear to me in the LORD’s name that you will not kill my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 21:23 : 23 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.
• 2 Sam 21:6-8 : 6 Let seven of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose. And the king said, I will give them. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
• 1 Sam 20:14-17 : 14 And you shall not only while I yet live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I do not die: 15 But also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever: no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
• Heb 6:16 : 16 For people indeed swear by something greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end to all dispute.
• Gen 31:48 : 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore its name was called Galeed;
• Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.