2 Chronicles 18:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מִיכָ֔יְהוּ הִנְּךָ֥ רֹאֶ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּב֛וֹא חֶ֥דֶר בְּחֶ֖דֶר לְהֵחָבֵֽא

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer Mîkāyəhû hinnəkā rōʾeh in-the-yôm the-hûʾ ʾăšer tābôʾ ḥeder bə-ḥeder ləhēḥābēʾ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Mîkāyəhû*: proper noun - Micaiah
• *hinnəkā*: demonstrative particle with 2nd masculine singular suffix - behold you
• *rōʾeh*: qal participle masculine singular - seeing
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the day
• *hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun with definite article - that
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/when
• *tābôʾ*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will enter
• *ḥeder*: masculine singular noun - room/chamber
• *bə-ḥeder*: preposition + masculine singular noun - in room
• *ləhēḥābēʾ*: preposition + niphal infinitive construct - to hide yourself

Word Meanings

• *hinnəkā*: behold you/look at yourself
• *rōʾeh*: seeing/will see/observer
• *ḥeder*: room/chamber/inner room
• *ləhēḥābēʾ*: to hide yourself/to conceal yourself

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Micaiah replied, 'You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inner room.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Micheas sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it, whan thou commest in to ye ynmost chamber to hyde the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Michaiah saide, Behold, thou shalt see that day when thou shalt goe from chamber to chamber to hide thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Michea sayd: Beholde, thou shalt see the day whe thou shalt go fro chamber to chamber, for to hyde thy selfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Micaiah saith, `Lo, thou dost see in that day, that thou dost enter into the innermost chamber to be hidden.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner room to hide yourself."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Micaiah replied,“Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 20:30 : 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
• Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they will see and be ashamed for their envy of the people; yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
• Isa 26:20 : 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
• Jer 28:16-17 : 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
• Jer 29:21-22 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'
• Jer 29:32 : 32 Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for my people, says the LORD, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.