Deuteronomy 19:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and houses;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־יַכְרִ֞ית יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ אֶת־אַרְצָ֑ם וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕ם וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ בְעָרֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְבָתֵּיהֶֽם

Transliteration

When yakhrit YHWH ʾĕlōhekhā ʾet-the-gōyim which YHWH ʾĕlōhekhā nōten to-you ʾet-ʾartsām and-yĕrishtām and-yāshabtā in-ʿārēhem and-in-bātēhem

Grammar Details

*yakhrit*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'cuts off/destroys'
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾĕlōhekhā*: common noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your God'
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*gōyim*: common noun masculine plural - 'nations'
*nōten*: Qal participle masculine singular - 'giving'
*ʾartsām*: common noun feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their land'
*yĕrishtām*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'you shall possess them'
*yāshabtā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you shall dwell'
*ʿārēhem*: common noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their cities'
*bātēhem*: common noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'their houses'

Word Meanings

*yakhrit*: cut off/destroy/eliminate
*gōyim*: nations/gentiles/peoples
*nōten*: gives/is giving/grants
*yĕrishtām*: possess them/inherit them/take possession of them
*yāshabtā*: dwell/settle/inhabit

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King James Version — Modern English

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Other Translations

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
When the LORD your God eliminates the nations whose land He is giving you, and you take possession of them and settle in their cities and houses,
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
When the Lorde thy Gad hath destroyed the nacyons whose londe the Lorde thy God geueth the, and thou hast conquered the and dwellest in their cities and in their housses:
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan ye LORDE thy God shall haue roted out ye nacios, whose londe ye LORDE thy God shal geue the, so yt thou hast conquered them, and dwellest in their cities and houses,
Geneva Bible (1560)
When the Lorde thy God shall roote out the nations, whose lande the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and thou shalt possesse them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,
Bishops' Bible (1568)
When the Lord thy God hath rooted out the nations whose lande the Lorde thy God geueth thee, and thou succeedest in their inheritaunce, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses:
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
Webster's Bible (1833)
When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,
American Standard Version (1901)
When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
American Standard Version (1901)
When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
Bible in Basic English (1941)
When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;
World English Bible (2000)
When Yahweh your God shall cut off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Laws Concerning Manslaughter When the LORD your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses,

Referenced Verses

Deut 12:29 : 29 When the LORD your God cuts off the nations from before you, where you go to dispossess them, and you take their place and dwell in their land;
Deut 6:10 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build,
Deut 7:1-2 : 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; 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:
Deut 12:1 : 1 These are the statutes and judgments which you shall diligently follow in the land that the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess, all the days you live on the earth.
Deut 17:14 : 14 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,'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 12:29
91%
29When the LORD your God cuts off the nations from before you, where you go to dispossess them, and you take their place and dwell in their land;
Deut 19:2-3
2 verses
81%
2You shall set apart three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.
3You shall prepare a road for yourself, and divide the territory of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, into three parts, so that every manslayer may flee there.
Deut 9:4-5
2 verses
79%
4Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has cast them out from before you, saying, Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD drives them out from before you.
5It is not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, that you go to possess their land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deut 6:10-11
2 verses
78%
10And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build,
11And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full;
Josh 23:5
78%
5And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God has promised you.
Deut 26:1
78%
1And 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 7:1-2
2 verses
77%
1When 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;
2And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:
Deut 11:23
77%
23Then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall possess greater and mightier nations than yourselves.
Deut 20:13-17
5 verses
77%
13And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword:
14But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
15Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:
17But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:
Deut 11:31
77%
31For 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 6:18-19
2 verses
76%
18And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,
19To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken.
Num 33:52-53
2 verses
76%
52then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their carved images, and destroy all their molten images, and thoroughly demolish all their high places:
53and you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
Deut 19:7-9
3 verses
76%
7Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourself.
8And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give to your fathers;
9If you keep all these commandments to do them, which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk always in His ways, then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three;
Deut 4:38
75%
38To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
Neh 9:24
75%
24So the children entered and possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them as they wished.
Deut 31:3-5
3 verses
75%
3The LORD your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations before you, and you shall possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the LORD has said.
4And the LORD shall do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to the land of them, whom he destroyed.
5And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that you may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.
Deut 7:17
75%
17If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
Deut 12:10
74%
10But 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 9:1
74%
1Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
Deut 7:22-23
2 verses
74%
22And the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you little by little: you may not consume them all at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon you.
23But the LORD your God shall deliver them to you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.
Deut 12:1
74%
1These are the statutes and judgments which you shall diligently follow in the land that the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess, all the days you live on the earth.
Deut 3:19
74%
19But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (for I know that you have much livestock), shall remain in your cities which I have given you;
Judg 11:23-24
2 verses
74%
23So now the LORD God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess it?
24Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God drives out from before us, them will we possess.
Deut 8:12
74%
12Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein;
Josh 24:13
73%
13And I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat from vineyards and oliveyards which you did not plant.
Deut 18:9
73%
9When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Acts 13:19
73%
19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Deut 21:10
73%
10When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive,
Deut 19:14
73%
14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.
Exod 13:11
73%
11And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,
Deut 13:15
73%
15You 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.
Deut 17:14
72%
14When 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,'
Deut 15:4
72%
4Except when there are no poor among you; for the LORD will greatly bless you in the land the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it.
Josh 1:15
72%
15until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrise.