Deuteronomy 16:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ בְּחַגֶּ֑ךָ אַתָּ֨ה וּבִנְךָ֤ וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּוִ֗י וְהַגֵּ֛ר וְהַיָּת֥וֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

wəśāmaḥtā bəḥaggekā ʾattâ ûbinkā ûbittekā wəʿabdəkā waʾămātekā wəhallēwî wəhagger wəhayyātôm wəhāʾalmānâ ʾăšer bišʿāreykā

Grammar Details

• *wəśāmaḥtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall rejoice
• *bəḥaggekā*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your feast
• *ʾattâ*: 2nd masculine singular personal pronoun - you
• *ûbinkā*: conjunction + masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your son
• *ûbittekā*: conjunction + feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your daughter
• *wəʿabdəkā*: conjunction + masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your male servant
• *waʾămātekā*: conjunction + feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your female servant
• *wəhallēwî*: conjunction + definite article + proper noun - and the Levite
• *wəhagger*: conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the sojourner
• *wəhayyātôm*: conjunction + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the orphan
• *wəhāʾalmānâ*: conjunction + definite article + feminine singular noun - and the widow
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/that
• *bišʿāreykā*: preposition + masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your gates/towns

Word Meanings

• *śāmaḥtā*: rejoice/be glad/be joyful
• *ḥag*: feast/festival/pilgrimage
• *ger*: sojourner/foreigner/resident alien
• *yātôm*: orphan/fatherless
• *ʾalmānâ*: widow/bereaved woman
• *šəʿāreykā*: your gates/towns/settlements

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Be joyful at your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and thou shalt rejoice{H8055} in thy feast,{H2282} thou, and thy son,{H1121} and thy daughter,{H1323} and thy man-servant,{H5650} and thy maid-servant,{H519} and the Levite,{H3881} and the sojourner,{H1616} and the fatherless,{H3490} and the widow,{H490} that are within thy gates.{H8179}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)} in thy feast{H2282}, thou, and thy son{H1121}, and thy daughter{H1323}, and thy manservant{H5650}, and thy maidservant{H519}, and the Levite{H3881}, the stranger{H1616}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and the widow{H490}, that are within thy gates{H8179}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thou shalt reioyse in that thi feast, both thou and thi sonne, thi doughter, thi seruaunte, thi mayde, the leuite, the straunger, the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are in thi cities.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and thou shalt reioyse in thy feast, thou and thy sonne, thy doughter, thy seruaunte, thy mayde, the Leuite, the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the wedowe that are within yi gates.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, & thy maid, & the Leuite, & the stranger, & the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are wtin thy gates.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou and thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunt, and thy mayde, the Leuite, the straunger, and the fatherlesse, & the widdowe, that are within thy gates.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man-servant, and your maid-servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who `are' within thy gates.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.

Referenced Verses

• Neh 8:9-9 : 9 And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; do not be grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name there.
• Deut 26:11 : 11 And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
• Deut 12:12 : 12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
• Eccl 9:7 : 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.
• Isa 12:1-6 : 1 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me. 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation. 3 Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. 4 And in that day you shall say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his deeds among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. 5 Sing unto the LORD; for he has done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you.
• Isa 25:6-8 : 6 And in this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all people a feast of rich food, a feast of wines on the lees, of rich food full of marrow, of refined wines on the lees. 7 And He will destroy on this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth: for the LORD has spoken.
• Isa 30:29 : 29 You shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the Mighty One of Israel.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• 1 Thess 5:16 : 16 Rejoice always.