2 Samuel 7:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְמִן־הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוִּ֤יתִי שֹֽׁפְטִים֙ עַל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַהֲנִיחֹ֥תִי לְךָ֖ מִכָּל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ וְהִגִּ֤יד לְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה כִּי־בַ֖יִת יַעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֥ יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And from the yôm that ṣiwwîṯî šōpəṭîm over ʿammî yiśrāʾēl, and wahănîḥōṯî for you from all ʾōyəḇeyḵā. And wəhiggîḏ to you YHWH that bayiṯ will yaʿăśeh for you YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the day'
• *ṣiwwîṯî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I commanded/appointed'
• *šōpəṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'judges'
• *ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my people'
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *wahănîḥōṯî*: waw-consecutive + verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - 'and I have given rest'
• *ʾōyəḇeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your enemies'
• *wəhiggîḏ*: waw-consecutive + verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he declared'
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *bayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - 'house'
• *yaʿăśeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he will make'

Word Meanings

• *ṣiwwîṯî*: I commanded/I appointed/I ordained
• *šōpəṭîm*: judges/rulers/governors
• *wahănîḥōṯî*: and I have given rest/and I have provided peace
• *wəhiggîḏ*: and he declared/and he announced/and he made known

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD will make you a house.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and [as] from the day{H3117} that I commanded{H6680} judges{H8199} to be over my people{H5971} Israel;{H3478} and I will cause thee to rest{H5117} from all thine enemies.{H341} Moreover Jehovah{H3068} telleth{H5046} thee that Jehovah will make{H6213} thee a house.{H1004}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And as since the time{H3117} that I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} judges{H8199}{(H8802)} to be over my people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, and have caused thee to rest{H5117}{(H8689)} from all thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}. Also the LORD{H3068} telleth{H5046}{(H8689)} thee that he will make{H6213}{(H8799)} thee an house{H1004}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sence the tyme that I ordeyned Iudges ouer my people of Israel. And I wyll geue the rest from all thine enemies. And the LORDE sheweth the, that the LORDE wyl make the a house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And since the time that I set Iudges ouer my people of Israel) & I will giue thee rest from al thine enemies: also the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And sence the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israel) And I will geue thee rest from all thyne enemies: And the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And as since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and `as' from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you. 11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you dwelled safe.
• 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 And it happened, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest around from all his enemies;
• 2 Sam 7:27 : 27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
• Judg 2:14-16 : 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. 15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for harm, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed. 16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
• Exod 1:21 : 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
• 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
• 1 Chr 17:10 : 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.
• 1 Chr 22:10 : 10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.
• Job 5:18-19 : 18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
• Job 34:29 : 29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him? Whether it be done against a nation or against a man only.
• Ps 46:9 : 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; he burns the chariot in the fire.
• Ps 89:3-4 : 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant, 4 Your seed I will establish forever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah.
• Ps 106:42 : 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
• Ps 127:1 : 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
• Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
• 1 Sam 25:28 : 28 Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant, for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days.
• 1 Kgs 2:24 : 24 Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.