2 Samuel 15:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְצָד֔וֹק הָשֵׁ֛ב אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הָעִ֑יר אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וֶהֱשִׁבַ֕נִי וְהִרְאַ֥נִי אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־נָוֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer ha-meleḵ lə-ṣāḏôq hāšēḇ ʾeṯ-ʾărôn hā-ʾĕlōhîm hā-ʿîr ʾim-ʾemṣāʾ ḥēn bə-ʿênê YHWH we-hĕšîḇanî wə-hirʾanî ʾōṯô wə-ʾeṯ-nāwēhû

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *ha-meleḵ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the king
• *lə-ṣāḏôq*: preposition + proper noun - to Zadok
• *hāšēḇ*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - return/bring back
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *ʾărôn*: masculine singular noun construct - ark of
• *hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun (divine title) - God
• *hā-ʿîr*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the city
• *ʾim*: conditional particle - if
• *ʾemṣāʾ*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I find
• *ḥēn*: masculine singular noun - favor/grace
• *bə-ʿênê*: preposition + construct state of feminine dual noun - in eyes of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *we-hĕšîḇanî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - then he will bring me back
• *wə-hirʾanî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and he will show me
• *ʾōṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - him/it
• *wə-ʾeṯ*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *nāwēhû*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his dwelling place

Word Meanings

• *hāšēḇ*: return/bring back/restore
• *ʾemṣāʾ ḥēn bə-ʿênê*: find favor in the eyes of (idiom for 'be pleasing to')
• *we-hĕšîḇanî*: he will bring me back/return me/restore me
• *wə-hirʾanî*: he will show me/let me see
• *nāwēhû*: his dwelling place/habitation/pasture

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the king said to Zadok, 'Take the Ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place again.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the kynge sayde vnto Sadoc: Brynge the Arke of God into the cite agayne. Yf I shal fynde grace before the LORDE, he shall fetch me agayne, and shall let me se it, and the house of it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde, he will bring me againe, and shewe me both it, and the Tabernacle thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the king sayde vnto Sadoc, Cary the arke of God againe into the citie: If I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde, he will bring me againe, & shewe me both it, and the tabernacle therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me [both] it, and his habitation:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the king saith to Zadok, `Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

• World English Bible (2000)

  The king said to Zadok, "Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the king said to Zadok,“Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:13 : 13 In your mercy you have led forth the people whom you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
• Jer 25:30 : 30 Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He shall mightily roar upon His dwelling place; He shall give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
• 1 Sam 4:3-9 : 3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? And they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for such a thing has not happened before. 8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 9 Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, O Philistines, that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight. 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 11 And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.
• 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
• 2 Sam 7:2 : 2 That the king said to Nathan the prophet, Look now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
• 2 Sam 12:10-11 : 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
• Ps 26:8 : 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house and the place where Your honor dwells.
• Ps 27:4-5 : 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple. 5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
• Ps 42:1-2 : 1 As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
• Ps 43:3-4 : 3 O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your tabernacles. 4 Then will I go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; yes, upon the harp I will praise you, O God my God.
• Ps 63:1-2 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the sanctuary.
• Ps 84:1-3 : 1 How lovely are your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3 Indeed, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
• Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Ps 122:1 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
• Ps 122:9 : 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.
• Isa 38:22 : 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
• Jer 7:4 : 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.