Deuteronomy 12:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

When the LORD your God cuts off the nations from before you, where you go to dispossess them, and you take their place and dwell in their land;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יַכְרִית֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֛מָּה לָרֶ֥שֶׁת אוֹתָ֖ם מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֹתָ֔ם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ בְּאַרְצָֽם׃

Transliteration

When yakriṯ YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵā ʾeṯ-the-gôyim whom you bāʾ-there to lārešeṯ them from before you, wə-yārašṯā them wə-yāšaḇṯā in ʾarṣām.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - when/because
• *yakriṯ*: imperfect Hiphil, 3rd masculine singular - will cut off/destroy
• *YHWH*: noun, proper name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhêḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *ha-gôyim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the nations/gentiles
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
• *ʾattāh*: pronoun, 2nd masculine singular - you
• *bāʾ*: participle Qal, masculine singular - coming/going
• *šāmmāh*: adverb - there/to there
• *lārešeṯ*: preposition + infinitive construct Qal - to possess/inherit
• *ʾôṯām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *mippānêḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - from before you
• *wə-yārašṯā*: conjunction + perfect Qal, 2nd masculine singular - and you will possess/inherit
• *wə-yāšaḇṯā*: conjunction + perfect Qal, 2nd masculine singular - and you will dwell/settle
• *bə-ʾarṣām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their land

Word Meanings

• *yakriṯ*: cut off/destroy/remove
• *YHWH*: the LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾĕlōhêḵā*: your God/your gods (plural form with singular meaning)
• *gôyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
• *bāʾ*: going/entering/coming
• *lārešeṯ*: to possess/to inherit/to dispossess
• *yārašṯā*: possess/inherit/dispossess
• *yāšaḇṯā*: dwell/settle/sit
• *ʾarṣām*: their land/their country/their territory

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeest them, and dwellest in their land;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When the Lorde thy God hath destroyed the nacions before the, whother thou goest to conquere them, and when thou hast conquered them, and dwelt in their landes:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan the LORDE yi God hath roted out the Heithen before the, whither thou commest into conquere them, & whan thou hast coquered them, & dwelt in their londe,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When the Lorde thy God shall destroy the nations before thee, whither thou goest to possesse them, and thou shalt possesse them and dwell in their lande,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When the Lord thy God shall destroy the nations before thee whyther thou goest to possesse them, and thou succeedest in their inheritaunce, and dwellest in their lande:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations -- whither thou art going in to possess them -- from thy presence, and thou hast possessed them, and hast dwelt in their land --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;

• World English Bible (2000)

  When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Abomination of Pagan Gods When the LORD your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 23:4 : 4 Behold, I have allotted to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward.
• Deut 19:1 : 1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and houses;
• Ps 78:55 : 55 He cast out the nations also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
• Exod 23:23 : 23 For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
• Deut 9:3 : 3 Understand therefore today, that the LORD your God is the one who goes over before you; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before you: so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the LORD has said to you.