Deuteronomy 16:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the LORD your God, according to how the LORD your God has blessed you:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ חַ֤ג שָׁבֻעוֹת֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ מִסַּ֛ת נִדְבַ֥ת יָדְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֵּ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יְבָרֶכְךָ֖ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

wəʿāśîtā ḥag šābūʿôt la-YHWH ʾělōheykā missat nidbat yādəkā ʾăšer tittēn kaʾăšer yəbārekəkā YHWH ʾělōheykā

Grammar Details

• *wəʿāśîtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall make/do
• *ḥag*: masculine singular construct - feast of
• *šābūʿôt*: masculine plural noun - weeks
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
• *ʾělōheykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *missat*: feminine singular construct - measure/sufficiency of
• *nidbat*: feminine singular construct - freewill offering of
• *yādəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *tittēn*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will give
• *kaʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - according to what/as
• *yəbārekəkā*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will bless you
• *YHWH*: divine name

Word Meanings

• *ḥag*: feast/festival/celebration
• *šābūʿôt*: weeks/sevens/periods of seven
• *missat*: measure/sufficiency/proportion
• *nidbat*: freewill offering/voluntary gift
• *nidbat* *yādəkā*: freewill offering of your hand/voluntary contribution

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt keep{H6213} the feast{H2282} of weeks{H7620} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} with a tribute{H4530} of a freewill-offering{H5071} of thy hand,{H3027} which thou shalt give,{H5414} according as Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} blesseth{H1288} thee:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt keep{H6213}{(H8804)} the feast{H2282} of weeks{H7620} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} with a tribute{H4530} of a freewill offering{H5071} of thine hand{H3027}, which thou shalt give{H5414}{(H8799)} unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} thee:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and kepe the feast of wekes vnto the Lorde thi God, that thou geue a frewilofferinge of thine hade vnto the Lord thi God acordinge as the Lorde thi God hath blessed the.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and thou shalt kepe the Feast of wekes vnto the LORDE thy God, that thou geue a frewylofferynge of thine hande, acordinge as the LORDE thy God hath blessed the,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt keepe the feast of weekes vnto the Lord thy God, euen a free gift of thine hand, which thou shalt giue vnto the Lorde thy God, as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And kepe the feast of weekes vnto the Lorde thy God, with a free wyll offeryng of thine hande, which thou shalt geue vnto the Lord thy God, according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give [unto the LORD thy God], according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast made the feast of weeks to Jehovah thy God, a tribute of a free-will offering of thy hand, which thou dost give, as Jehovah thy God doth bless thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, with an offering freely given to him from the wealth he has given you:

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks before the LORD your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 16:2 : 2 On the first day of the week, let each of you set aside and store up as God has prospered him, so there will be no collections when I come.
• 2 Cor 8:10 : 10 And in this I give my advice: it is beneficial for you who began a year ago not only to do but also to desire to do it.
• 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
• 2 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brethren, that they would go ahead to you and prepare in advance your generous gift, which had been promised before, that it might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not as of covetousness. 6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work: 9 As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness; 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.
• Lev 5:7 : 7 And if he is not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the LORD; one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
• Lev 12:8 : 8 And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons; one for the burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
• Lev 25:26 : 26 And if the man has nothing to redeem it, and himself is able to redeem it;
• Num 31:28 : 28 And levy a tribute to the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle: one out of every five hundred, both of the persons, and of the cattle, and of the donkeys, and of the sheep.
• Num 31:37 : 37 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
• Deut 16:16-17 : 16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which He shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.
• Joel 2:14 : 14 Who knows if he will turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a grain offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God?
• Hag 2:15-19 : 15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day onward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me, says the LORD. 18 Consider now, from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. From this day I will bless you.
• Mal 3:10-11 : 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; nor shall your vine cast its fruit before its time in the field, says the LORD of hosts.