2 Samuel 23:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּכְא֥וֹר בֹּ֖קֶר יִזְרַח־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ בֹּ֚קֶר לֹ֣א עָב֔וֹת מִנֹּ֥גַהּ מִמָּטָ֖ר דֶּ֥שֶׁא מֵאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

And kəʾôr bōqer yizraḥ-šāmeš; bōqer lōʾ ʿāḇôṯ, minnōgah mimmāṭār dešeʾ mēʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *û-*: conjunction - and
• *kə-*: preposition - like/as
• *ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - light of
• *bōqer*: noun, masculine singular - morning
• *yizraḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it shines
• *šāmeš*: noun, feminine singular - sun
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ʿāḇôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - clouds
• *min-*: preposition - from
• *nōgah*: noun, masculine singular - brightness
• *māṭār*: noun, masculine singular - rain
• *dešeʾ*: noun, masculine singular - grass/vegetation
• *mē-*: preposition - from
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *ʾôr*: light/brightness
• *bōqer*: morning/dawn
• *yizraḥ*: rises/shines/dawns
• *ʿāḇôṯ*: clouds/thickness/darkness
• *nōgah*: brightness/radiance/light
• *dešeʾ*: grass/green herb/vegetation

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He is like the light of morning at sunrise, a morning without clouds, like brightness after rain that brings grass to sprout from the earth.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As the lighte is in ye mornynge whan the Sonne aryseth, so that for the brightnesse therof no cloude remayneth: and as the grasse loketh vpon the earth thorow the rayne,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Euen as the morning light when the sunne riseth, the morning, I say, without cloudes, so shall mine house be, and not as the grasse of the earth is by the bright raine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And as the morning lyght when the sunne is vp, a morning in which are no cloudes, so shal my house be, but not as the grasse of the earth is by bryghtnesse and rayne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  [He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springs] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun -- no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  `He shall be' as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, `When' the tender grass `springeth' out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all your enemies perish, O LORD; but let those who love Him be as the sun when it comes out in its strength. And the land had rest for forty years.
• Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
• Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is like the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
• Hos 6:5 : 5 Therefore I have cut them down by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.
• Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people like dew from the LORD, like showers upon the grass that do not wait for man nor wait for the sons of men.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and you shall go forth and grow up like stall-fed calves.
• Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us, 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• John 1:7 : 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
• Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching shall drop as the rain, my words shall distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day the branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and lovely for those who have escaped of Israel.
• Isa 60:1 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
• Isa 60:3 : 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
• Isa 60:18-20 : 18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. 19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. 20 Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we pursue to know the LORD: his coming is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.
• Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth.