2 Samuel 12:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר נָתָ֛ן אֶל־דָּוִ֖ד אַתָּ֣ה הָאִ֑ישׁ כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָנֹכִ֞י מְשַׁחְתִּ֤יךָֽ לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָנֹכִ֥י הִצַּלְתִּ֖יךָ מִיַּ֥ד שָׁאֽוּל

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer nātān ʾel-dāwid ʾattāh hā-ʾîš kōh-ʾāmar YHWH ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl ʾānōkî məšaḥtîkā lə-melek ʿal-yiśrāʾēl wə-ʾānōkî hiṣṣaltîkā mi-yad šāʾûl

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and said
• *nātān*: proper noun - Nathan
• *ʾel-dāwid*: preposition + proper noun - to David
• *ʾattāh*: personal pronoun 2nd masculine singular - you
• *hā-ʾîš*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the man
• *kōh*: adverb - thus
• *ʾāmar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - YHWH/the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun 1st common singular - I
• *məšaḥtîkā*: Qal perfect 1st common singular + suffix 2nd masculine singular - I anointed you
• *lə-melek*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - as king
• *ʿal-yiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - over Israel
• *wə-ʾānōkî*: conjunction + personal pronoun 1st common singular - and I
• *hiṣṣaltîkā*: Hiphil perfect 1st common singular + suffix 2nd masculine singular - I delivered you
• *mi-yad*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from the hand of
• *šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul

Word Meanings

• *kōh-ʾāmar*: thus says/this is what says (prophetic formula)
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
• *ʾānōkî*: emphatic form of 'I'
• *məšaḥtîkā*: anointed you/consecrated you
• *hiṣṣaltîkā*: delivered you/rescued you/saved you
• *mi-yad*: from the hand of/from the power of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Nathan{H5416} said{H559} to David,{H1732} Thou art the man.{H376} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} I anointed{H4886} thee king{H4428} over Israel,{H3478} and I delivered{H5337} thee out of the hand{H3027} of Saul;{H7586}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Nathan{H5416} said{H559}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, Thou art the man{H376}. Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, I anointed{H4886}{(H8804)} thee king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}, and I delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} thee out of the hand{H3027} of Saul{H7586};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde Nathan vnto Dauid: Thou art euen the man. Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: I haue anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel, and delyuered the out of the hande of Saul,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Nathan saide to Dauid, Thou art the man: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I annoynted thee king ouer Israel, and ryd thee out of the hand of Saul.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Nathan said to David, Thou [art] the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Nathan saith unto David, `Thou `art' the man! Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I anointed thee for king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• 1 Sam 18:11 : 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall with it. And David avoided his presence twice.
• 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Today you shall be my son-in-law in one of the two.
• 1 Sam 19:10-15 : 10 And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night. 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed. 12 So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for its head, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
• 1 Sam 23:7 : 7 And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
• 1 Sam 23:14 : 14 And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• 1 Sam 23:26-28 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men, intending to capture them. 27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. 28 Therefore, Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore, they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
• 2 Sam 7:8 : 8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• 2 Sam 22:1 : 1 And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul:
• 2 Sam 22:49 : 49 And who brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above those who rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
• 1 Kgs 18:18 : 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim.
• 1 Kgs 20:42 : 42 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
• 1 Kgs 21:19-20 : 19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Ps 18:1 : 1 I will love you, O LORD, my strength.
• Matt 14:14 : 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
• 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now the LORD would have established your kingdom upon Israel forever.
• 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed you king over Israel?