Deuteronomy 13:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And there shall cling nothing of the cursed thing to your hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion upon you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־כָּל־שְׁלָלָ֗הּ תִּקְבֹּץ֮ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ רְחֹבָהּ֒ וְשָׂרַפְתָּ֨ בָאֵ֜שׁ אֶת־הָעִ֤יר וְאֶת־כָּל־שְׁלָלָהּ֙ כָּלִ֔יל לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְהָיְתָה֙ תֵּ֣ל עוֹלָ֔ם לֹ֥א תִבָּנֶ֖ה עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

And-ʾet-all-šĕlālāh tiqbōṣ to-tôk rĕḥōbāh and-wĕśāraptā with-the-bāʾēš ʾet-the-hāʿîr and-ʾet-all-šĕlālāh kālîl to-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā and-she-shall-be tēl ʿôlām not tibbāneh further.

Grammar Details

• *šĕlālāh*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its spoil
• *tiqbōṣ*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall gather
• *tôk*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst of
• *rĕḥōbāh*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its open square
• *wĕśāraptā*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall burn
• *bāʾēš*: preposition bet + definite article + noun, feminine singular - with the fire
• *hāʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *kālîl*: noun, masculine singular - whole burnt offering/completely
• *tēl*: noun, masculine singular - heap/mound
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity
• *tibbāneh*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it shall be built

Word Meanings

• *šālāl*: spoil/plunder/booty
• *qābaṣ*: gather/collect/assemble
• *tāwek*: midst/middle/among
• *rĕḥōb*: open square/street/marketplace
• *śārap*: burn/consume by fire
• *ʾēš*: fire/flame
• *kālîl*: whole burnt offering/completely/entirely
• *tēl*: heap/mound/ruin
• *ʿôlām*: forever/always/eternity
• *bānāh*: build/rebuild/establish

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Gather all the spoil of that city into its public square and burn the city and all its plunder as a complete offering to the LORD your God. It must remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there shall cleave{H1692} nothing{H3972} of the devoted thing{H2764} to your hand;{H3027} that Jehovah{H3068} may turn{H7725} from the fierceness{H2740} of his anger,{H639} and show{H5414} you mercy,{H7356} and have compassion{H7355} upon you, and multiply{H7235} you, as he has sworn{H7650} unto your fathers;{H1}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there shall cleave{H1692}{(H8799)} nought{H3972} of the cursed thing{H2764} to thine hand{H3027}: that the LORD{H3068} may turn{H7725}{(H8799)} from the fierceness{H2740} of his anger{H639}, and shew{H5414}{(H8804)} thee mercy{H7356}, and have compassion{H7355}{(H8765)} upon thee, and multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} thee, as he hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And se that their cleaue nought of the damned thinge in thine hande, that the Lorde maye turne fro his fearse wrath and shewe the mercye ad haue compassion on the and multiplye the, as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And let nothinge of the damned thinge cleue vnto thy hande, that the LORDE maye be turned from the indignacion of his wrath, and graunte the mercy, and haue compassion on the, and multiplye the (as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And there shall cleaue nothing of ye damned thing to thine hand, that the Lord may turne from the fiercenes of his wrath, and shewe thee mercie, and haue compassion on thee and multiplie thee, as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there shal cleaue naught of the damned thyng in thyne hande, that the Lorde may turne from the fiercenesse of his wrath, and shew thee mercy, and haue compassion on thee, and multiplie thee, as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There shall cleave nothing of the devoted thing to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and there doth not cleave to thy hand any of the devoted thing, so that Jehovah doth turn back from the fierceness of His anger, and hath given to thee mercies, and loved thee, and multiplied thee, as He hath sworn to thy fathers,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the LORD will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 26:4 : 4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
• Gen 26:24 : 24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.
• Gen 28:14 : 14 And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Deut 7:26 : 26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
• Josh 6:18 : 18 And you, by all means keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
• Josh 7:26 : 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
• Josh 22:20 : 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
• Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them: yes, many a time he turned away his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.
• Lam 3:32 : 32 But though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
• Ezek 37:26 : 26 Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore.
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha.
• Gen 22:16-17 : 16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
• Josh 6:26 : 26 And Joshua swore an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, who rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest son he shall set up its gates.
• Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
• Deut 30:3 : 3 Then the LORD your God will end your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the nations, where the LORD your God has scattered you.
• Exod 20:6 : 6 But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
• Num 25:4 : 4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before the LORD in the sunlight, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
• Deut 7:13 : 13 And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.