2 Samuel 7:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ בְּבַ֔יִת לְ֠מִיּוֹם הַעֲלֹתִ֞י אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְעַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וָאֶֽהְיֶה֙ מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ בְּאֹ֖הֶל וּבְמִשְׁכָּֽן׃

Transliteration

For lōʾ yāšaḇtî in bayiṯ from the yôm of haʿălōṯî ʾeṯ-bənê yiśrāʾēl from miṣrayim and until the yôm hazzeh, and wāʾehyeh miṯhallēḵ in ʾōhel and in miškān.

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - 'not'
• *yāšaḇtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I dwelt/resided'
• *bayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - 'house'
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - 'day'
• *haʿălōṯî*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my bringing up'
• *ʾeṯ-bənê*: direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - 'sons of'
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - 'Egypt'
• *hazzeh*: demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - 'this'
• *wāʾehyeh*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'and I was/became'
• *miṯhallēḵ*: verb, hithpael participle, masculine singular - 'walking about/moving'
• *ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular - 'tent'
• *miškān*: noun, masculine singular - 'tabernacle/dwelling place'

Word Meanings

• *yāšaḇtî*: I dwelt/I resided/I settled
• *haʿălōṯî*: my bringing up/my causing to ascend
• *miṯhallēḵ*: walking about/moving from place to place/roaming
• *miškān*: tabernacle/dwelling place/portable sanctuary

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  for I have not dwelt{H3427} in a house{H1004} since the day{H3117} that I brought up{H5927} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of Egypt,{H4714} even to this day,{H3117} but have walked{H1980} in a tent{H168} and in a tabernacle.{H4908}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Whereas I have not dwelt{H3427}{(H8804)} in any house{H1004} since the time{H3117} that I brought up{H5927}{(H8687)} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of Egypt{H4714}, even to this day{H3117}, but have walked{H1980}{(H8693)} in a tent{H168} and in a tabernacle{H4908}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte the children of Israel vnto this daye, but haue walked in the Tabernacle and Habitacion,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I haue dwelt in no house since the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt vnto this day, but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For I haue not dwelt in any house, sence the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, vnto this day: but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Whereas I have not dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tent.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:16 : 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
• Exod 40:18-19 : 18 And Moses set up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and set up its pillars. 19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it, as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Josh 18:1 : 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
• Exod 33:14-15 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. 15 And he said to him, If your presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here.
• Exod 40:34-38 : 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud stayed upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey until the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
• Lev 26:23-24 : 23 And if you will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary to me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary to you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
• Lev 26:27-28 : 27 And if you will not for all this listen to me, but walk contrary to me; 28 Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
• Num 10:33-36 : 33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD, a three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let Your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate You flee before You. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.
• Deut 23:14 : 14 For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy, that He see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
• 1 Chr 17:5-6 : 5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
• Acts 7:44 : 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He had appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen,
• 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• Rev 2:1 : 1 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;