Deuteronomy 17:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or woman who has done wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֤א בְקִרְבְּךָ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֑ךְ אִ֣ישׁ אוֹ־אִשָּׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה אֶת־הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לַעֲבֹ֥ר בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

If yimmāṣēʾ in qirbəḵā in one of šəʿāreḵā which YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā nōtēn to you, ʾîš or ʾiššāh who yaʿăśeh ʾet-the hāraʿ in eyes of YHWH-ʾĕlōheḵā to transgress bərîtô.

Grammar Details

• כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֤א: conjunction + niphal imperfect 3ms - if/when is found
• בְקִרְבְּךָ֙: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 2ms suffix - in your midst
• בְּאַחַ֣ד: preposition + numeral construct - in one of
• שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ: noun masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your gates/towns
• אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה: relative particle + divine name - which YHWH
• אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ: noun masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
• נֹתֵ֣ן: qal participle masculine singular - giving/is giving
• לָ֑ךְ: preposition + 2ms suffix - to you
• אִ֣ישׁ: noun masculine singular - man
• אוֹ־אִשָּׁ֗ה: conjunction + noun feminine singular - or woman
• אֲשֶׁ֨ר: relative particle - who/which
• יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה: qal imperfect 3ms - does/will do
• אֶת־הָרַ֛ע: direct object marker + article + adjective masculine singular - the evil/bad
• בְּעֵינֵ֥י: preposition + noun feminine dual construct - in eyes of
• יְהוָֽה־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ: divine name + noun masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - YHWH your God
• לַעֲבֹ֥ר: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to transgress/pass over
• בְּרִיתֽוֹ: noun feminine singular construct + 3ms suffix - his covenant

Word Meanings

• *yimmāṣēʾ*: is found/is discovered
• *qirbəḵā*: your midst/among you
• *šəʿāreḵā*: your gates/your towns/your communities
• *nōtēn*: giving/granting
• *ʾîš*: man/person/anyone
• *ʾiššāh*: woman/wife
• *yaʿăśeh*: does/performs/practices
• *hāraʿ*: the evil/wickedness/wrong
• *bərîtô*: his covenant/his agreement

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If a man or woman in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you is found to have committed an evil act in the sight of the LORD your God, violating His covenant,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If there be found{H4672} in the midst{H7130} of thee, within any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, man{H376} or woman,{H802} that doeth{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} in transgressing{H5674} his covenant,{H1285}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  If there be found{H4672}{(H8735)} among{H7130} you, within any{H259} of thy gates{H8179} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, man{H376} or woman{H802}, that hath wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} wickedness{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, in transgressing{H5674}{(H8800)} his covenant{H1285},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf there be founde amonge you in any of thi cities which the Lord thi God geueth the man or woman that hath wrought wekednesse in the sighte of the Lord thi God, that they haue gone beyonde his appoyntment,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf there be founde amonge you (within eny of thy gates which the LORDE yi God shal geue ye) a man or woman, that worketh wickednesse in ye sighte of the LORDE thy God, so that he transgresseth his couenaute and goeth,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If there be founde among you in any of thy cities, which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickednes in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his couenant,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If there be founde among you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde thy God, in transgressyng his couenaunt:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `When there is found in thy midst, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,

• World English Bible (2000)

  If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

Referenced Verses

• Deut 13:6-9 : 6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; 8 You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him: 9 But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10 And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you. 12 If you shall hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God has given you to dwell there, saying, 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known; 14 Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done among you; 15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every bit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again. 17 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; 18 When you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
• Deut 17:5 : 5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.
• Josh 7:11 : 11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and deceived also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
• Josh 7:15 : 15 And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done foolishness in Israel.
• Josh 23:16 : 16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
• Judg 2:20 : 20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because this people have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
• 2 Kgs 18:12 : 12 because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded, and neither would they listen to them nor do them.
• Hos 6:7 : 7 But like men they have transgressed the covenant: there they have dealt treacherously against me.
• Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and trespassed against my law.
• Heb 8:9-9 : 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Lev 26:15 : 15 And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhors my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant:
• Lev 26:25 : 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• Deut 4:23 : 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image, or the likeness of anything, which the LORD your God has forbidden you.
• Jer 31:32 : 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says the LORD:
• Ezek 16:38 : 38 And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy.
• Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be among you a man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears bitter poison and wormwood;
• Deut 29:25 : 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
• Deut 31:20 : 20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.