Deuteronomy 17:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

When you come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣א אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה בָּ֑הּ וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ אָשִׂ֤ימָה עָלַי֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

When tāḇōʾ to the ʾāreṣ which YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā nōtēn to you, and wîrištāh and yāšaḇtāh in it; and ʾāmartā, "ʾāśîmāh upon me meleḵ like all-the gôyim which around me."

Grammar Details

• כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣א: conjunction + qal imperfect 2ms - when you come/enter
• אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ: preposition + article + noun feminine singular - to the land
• אֲשֶׁ֨ר: relative particle - which
• יְהוָ֤ה: divine name - YHWH
• אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙: noun masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
• נֹתֵ֣ן: qal participle masculine singular - giving
• לָ֔ךְ: preposition + 2ms suffix - to you
• וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms + 3fs suffix - and you possess it
• וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you dwell
• בָּ֑הּ: preposition + 3fs suffix - in it
• וְאָמַרְתָּ֗: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you will say
• אָשִׂ֤ימָה: qal imperfect 1cs cohortative - let me set/place
• עָלַי֙: preposition + 1cs suffix - upon me
• מֶ֔לֶךְ: noun masculine singular - king
• כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + article + noun masculine plural - like all the nations
• אֲשֶׁ֥ר: relative particle - which
• סְבִיבֹתָֽי: noun feminine plural construct + 1cs suffix - around me

Word Meanings

• *tāḇōʾ*: you come/you enter
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory
• *nōtēn*: giving/granting
• *wîrištāh*: and you possess it/and you take possession of it
• *yāšaḇtāh*: and you dwell/and you settle
• *ʾāmartā*: you will say/you may say
• *ʾāśîmāh*: let me set/let me place/let me appoint
• *meleḵ*: king/ruler
• *gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and take possession of it and settle in it, and you say, 'Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations around us,'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  When thou art come{H935} unto the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, and shalt possess{H3423} it, and shalt dwell{H3427} therein, and shalt say,{H559} I will set{H7760} a king{H4428} over me, like all the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} me;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When thou art come{H935}{(H8799)} unto the land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, and shalt possess{H3423}{(H8804)} it, and shalt dwell{H3427}{(H8804)} therein, and shalt say{H559}{(H8804)}, I will set{H7760}{(H8799)} a king{H4428} over me, like as all the nations{H1471} that are about{H5439} me;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When thou art come vnto the lode which the Lorde thi God geueth the and enioyest it and dwellest therin: Yf thou shalt saye, I will sett a kinge ouer me, like vnto all the nacions that are aboute me:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan thou art come in to ye londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the, & takest it in possession, and dwellest therin, and shalt saie: I wil set a kinge ouer me, as all the nacions haue aboute me,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When thou art come vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, and enioyest it, and dwellest therin, and if thou shalt say, I wyll set a king ouer me, lyke as all the nations that are about me:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that [are] about me;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `When thou comest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and hast possessed it, and dwelt in it, and thou hast said, Let me set over me a king like all the nations which `are' round about me, --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken it for a heritage and are living in it, if it is your desire to have a king over you, like the other nations round about you;

• World English Bible (2000)

  When you are come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, "I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me;"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Provision for Kingship When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 8:19-20 : 19 Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us, 20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us and fight our battles.
• 1 Sam 12:19 : 19 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we do not die: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
• Lev 14:34 : 34 When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a plague of leprosy in a house in the land of your possession;
• Deut 7:1 : 1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you are going to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
• Deut 11:31 : 31 For you shall pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you shall possess it and dwell in it.
• Deut 12:9-9 : 9 For you have not yet come to the rest and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you. 10 But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and when He gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you live in safety;
• Deut 18:9 : 9 When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
• Deut 26:1 : 1 And it shall be, when you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell in it;
• Deut 26:9 : 9 And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Josh 1:13 : 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.
• 1 Sam 8:5-7 : 5 And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD. 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.