Deuteronomy 19:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

If 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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־תִשְׁמֹר֩ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֨ה הַזֹּ֜את לַעֲשֹׂתָ֗הּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ וְלָלֶ֥כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ לְךָ֥ עוֹד֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים עַ֖ל הַשָּׁלֹ֥שׁ הָאֵֽלֶּה

Transliteration

If-tishmōr ʾet-all-the-mitswāh the-this to-laʿăsōtāh which ʾānōkhi mĕtsawwĕkhā the-yōm to-lĕʾahăbāh ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhekhā and-to-lālekhet in-dĕrākhāyw all-the-yāmim and-yāsaftā for-you more three ʿārim upon the-three the-these

Grammar Details

• *tishmōr*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you keep'
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *mitswāh*: common noun feminine singular - 'commandment'
• *laʿăsōtāh*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'to do it'
• *ʾānōkhi*: personal pronoun 1st person singular - 'I'
• *mĕtsawwĕkhā*: Piel participle masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'commanding you'
• *yōm*: common noun masculine singular - 'day'
• *lĕʾahăbāh*: Qal infinitive construct - 'to love'
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhekhā*: common noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your God'
• *lālekhet*: Qal infinitive construct - 'to walk'
• *dĕrākhāyw*: common noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his ways'
• *yāmim*: common noun masculine plural - 'days'
• *yāsaftā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you shall add'
• *ʿārim*: common noun feminine plural - 'cities'

Word Meanings

• *tishmōr*: keep/observe/guard
• *mitswāh*: commandment/precept/law
• *laʿăsōtāh*: to do it/to perform it/to carry it out
• *ʾānōkhi*: I/myself
• *mĕtsawwĕkhā*: commanding you/ordering you/instructing you
• *yōm*: day/time
• *lĕʾahăbāh*: to love/to cherish/to be devoted to
• *lālekhet*: to walk/to go/to live
• *dĕrākhāyw*: his ways/his paths/his conduct
• *yāmim*: days/time/period
• *yāsaftā*: you shall add/you shall increase/you shall supplement

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  and you carefully keep this entire commandment I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to walk in His ways all your days, then you shall add three more cities to these three.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besi these three:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  if thou shalt keep{H8104} all this commandment{H4687} to do{H6213} it, which I command{H6680} thee this day,{H3117} to love{H157} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and to walk{H3212} ever{H3117} in his ways;{H1870} then shalt thou add{H3254} three{H7969} cities{H5892} more for thee, besides these three:{H7969}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} all these commandments{H4687} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} them, which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}, to love{H157}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} ever{H3117} in his ways{H1870}; then shalt thou add{H3254}{(H8804)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} more for thee, beside these three{H7969}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  (so that thou kepe all these commaundmentes to doo them, which I commaunde the this daye, that thou loue the Lord thy god ad walke in his wayes euer) then thou shalt adde.iij. cities moo vnto those.iij.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  (so that thou kepe all these comaundementes, and do yt I commaunde the this daye, yt thou loue the LORDE thy God, and walke in his wayes all yi life longe) the shalt thou adde yet thre cities vnto these thre,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (If thou keepe all these commaundements to doe them, which I commaund thee this day: to wit, that thou loue the Lord thy God, and walke in his waies for euer) then shalt thou adde three cities moe for thee besides those three,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt kepe all these commaundementes to do them, which I commaunde thee this day, that thou loue the Lorde thy God, and walke in his wayes euer: and adde three cities mo for thee beside these three,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you, besides these three:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  when thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:

• World English Bible (2000)

  if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, besides these three:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and then you are careful to observe all these commandments I am giving you today(namely, to love the LORD your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities to these three.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 20:7-8 : 7 And they designated Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
• Deut 11:22-25 : 22 For if you diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him; 23 Then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall possess greater and mightier nations than yourselves. 24 Every place where the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall be your territory. 25 No man shall be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear and dread of you upon all the land that you shall tread upon, as He has said to you.
• Deut 12:32 : 32 Whatever I command you, be careful to do it; you shall not add to it, nor take away from it.