Deuteronomy 15:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִפְנֵי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ תֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙ שָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אַתָּ֖ה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Before YHWH your ʾĕlōhîm you shall ʾāḵal it šānāh in šānāh in the māqôm which shall bāḥar YHWH, you and your bayiṯ.

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun with possessive suffix, masculine plural - your God
• *ʾāḵal*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you shall eat it
• *šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
• *māqôm*: definite noun, masculine singular - the place
• *bāḥar*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will choose
• *bayiṯ*: noun with possessive suffix, masculine singular - your household

Word Meanings

• *ʾāḵal*: eat/consume/partake of
• *šānāh* in *šānāh*: year by year/yearly/annually
• *māqôm*: place/location/site
• *bāḥar*: choose/select/elect
• *bayiṯ*: household/family/house

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Each year, you and your household shall eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He will choose.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  but shalt eate the before the Lord thi God yere by yere in the place which the Lorde hath chosen both thou and thine houssholde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate the euery yeare, in the place that the LORDE choseth, thou and thine housholde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt eate it before the Lord thy God yeere by yeere, in the place which the Lord shall chose, both thou, and thine household.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt eate it before the Lorde thy God yere by yere, in the place which the Lorde shall choose, both thou and thy housholde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt eat [it] before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it year by year, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, thou and thy house.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But year by year you and all your house are to take a meal of it before the Lord, in the place of his selection.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You and your household must eat them annually before the LORD your God in the place he chooses.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:5-7 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come: 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks: 7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
• Deut 12:17 : 17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your voluntary offerings, or heave offering of your hand:
• Deut 14:23 : 23 And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which He shall choose to place His name there, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.