2 Chronicles 7:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗ים מֵעַ֤ל אַדְמָתִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי לִשְׁמִ֔י אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑י וְאֶתְּנֶ֛נּוּ לְמָשָׁ֥ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה בְּכָל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

Transliteration

û- nəṯaštîm from mēʿal my land ʾaḏmāṯî ʾăšer nāṯattî to them lāhem wə- ʾeṯ- the habbaîṯ the hazzeh ʾăšer hiqdaštî for my name lišmî ʾašlîḵ from mēʿal my face pānāy wə- ʾettənenû as a ləmāšāl wə- as a lišnînâ among bəḵāl- the hāʿammîm.

Grammar Details

• *û-*: conjunction - 'and'
• *nəṯaštîm*: qal perfect, 1st singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'I will uproot them'
• *mēʿal*: compound preposition - 'from upon'
• *ʾaḏmāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st singular suffix - 'my land'
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - 'which/that'
• *nāṯattî*: qal perfect, 1st singular - 'I have given'
• *lāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'to them'
• *wə-*: conjunction - 'and'
• *ʾeṯ-*: direct object marker
• *habbaîṯ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the house'
• *hazzeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - 'this'
• *hiqdaštî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular - 'I have sanctified'
• *lišmî*: preposition with noun, masculine singular and 1st singular suffix - 'for my name'
• *ʾašlîḵ*: hiphil imperfect, 1st singular - 'I will cast/throw'
• *pānāy*: noun, common plural construct with 1st singular suffix - 'my face'
• *ʾettənenû*: qal imperfect, 1st singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'I will make it'
• *ləmāšāl*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - 'for a proverb/byword'
• *lišnînâ*: preposition with noun, feminine singular - 'for a taunt'
• *bəḵāl-*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - 'among all'
• *hāʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - 'the peoples'

Word Meanings

• *nəṯaštîm*: I will uproot them, I will pluck them out, I will remove them
• *ʾaḏmāṯî*: my land, my ground, my territory
• *nāṯattî*: I have given, I granted, I bestowed
• *habbaîṯ*: the house, the temple, the building
• *hiqdaštî*: I have sanctified, I have consecrated, I have set apart
• *lišmî*: for my name, for my reputation, for my character
• *ʾašlîḵ*: I will cast, I will throw, I will send away
• *pānāy*: my face, my presence, my sight
• *ʾettənenû*: I will make it, I will set it, I will place it
• *ləmāšāl*: for a proverb, for a byword, for a saying
• *lišnînâ*: for a taunt, for mockery, for derision
• *hāʿammîm*: the peoples, the nations, the populations

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  then will I pluck them up by the roots{H5428} out of my land{H127} which I have given{H5414} them; and this house,{H1004} which I have hallowed{H6942} for my name,{H8034} will I cast out{H7993} of my sight,{H6440} and I will make{H5414} it a proverb{H4912} and a byword{H8148} among all peoples.{H5971}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then will I pluck them up by the roots{H5428}{(H8804)} out of my land{H127} which I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} them; and this house{H1004}, which I have sanctified{H6942}{(H8689)} for my name{H8034}, will I cast out{H7993}{(H8686)} of my sight{H6440}, and will make{H5414}{(H8799)} it to be a proverb{H4912} and a byword{H8148} among all nations{H5971}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  the wyll I rote you out of my londe that I haue geuen you: and this house which I haue sanctifyed vnto my name, wil I cast awaye out of my presence, and geue it ouer to be a byworde and fabell amoge all nacions.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then will I plucke them vp out of my lande, which I haue giuen them, and this house which I haue sanctified for my Name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a prouerbe and a common talke among all people.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then will I plucke them vp by the rootes, out of my lande whiche I haue geuen them, and this house whiche I haue sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a prouerbe and a iest among all nations.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and this house that I have sanctified for My name, I cast from before My face, and make it for a proverb, and for a byword, among all the peoples.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.

• World English Bible (2000)

  then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:37 : 37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.
• Deut 29:28 : 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
• 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
• Ps 44:14 : 14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
• 2 Kgs 17:20 : 20 So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• Jer 24:9 : 9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their harm, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
• Jer 45:4 : 4 Thus you shall say to him, The LORD says this; Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, even this whole land.
• Lam 2:15-16 : 15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
• Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
• Jer 31:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass, that just as I have watched over them, to uproot, to break down, to throw down, and to destroy, and to harm; so will I watch over them, to build and to plant, says the LORD.
• Neh 4:1-4 : 1 But it happened that when Sanballat heard we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish that are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity:
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
• Jer 12:17 : 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the LORD.
• Jer 18:7 : 7 At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
• 1 Kgs 14:15 : 15 For the LORD shall strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall uproot Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.