Deuteronomy 28:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD shall establish you a holy people unto Himself, as He has sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in His ways.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְקֽ͏ִימְךָ֨ יְהוָ֥ה לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם קָד֔וֹשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לָ֑ךְ כִּ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־מִצְוֺת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ בִּדְרָכָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Yĕqîmĕkā YHWH to lô for ʿam qādôš as kaʾăšer nišbaʿ-to lāk if tišmōr ʾet-miṣwōt YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā and you have hālaktā in dĕrākāyw.

Grammar Details

• *Yĕqîmĕkā*: imperfect, Hiphil, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will establish you
• *YHWH*: proper name - the LORD
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to himself
• *ʿam*: masculine singular construct - people of
• *qādôš*: masculine singular adjective - holy
• *kaʾăšer*: conjunction - as/just as
• *nišbaʿ*: perfect, Niphal, 3rd masculine singular - he has sworn
• *lāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
• *tišmōr*: imperfect, Qal, 2nd masculine singular - you will keep
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *miṣwōt*: feminine plural construct - commandments of
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *hālaktā*: perfect, consecutive, Qal, 2nd masculine singular - and you will walk
• *dĕrākāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ways

Word Meanings

• *Yĕqîmĕkā*: establish you/raise you up/confirm you
• *ʿam qādôš*: holy people/set-apart nation
• *tišmōr*: keep/observe/guard
• *hālaktā* in *dĕrākāyw*: walk in his ways/follow his paths [metaphor for obeying]

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The LORD will establish you as His holy people, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  The Lorde shall make the an holye people vnto himselfe, as he hath sworen vnto the: yf thou shalt kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God and walke in hys wayes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The LORDE shal set the vp to be an holy people vnto himselfe (as he hath sworne vnto the) yf thou kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE thy God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The Lorde shal make thee an holy people vnto himself, as he hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt keepe the commandements of the Lord thy God, and walke in his wayes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The Lorde shall make thee an holy people vnto him self, as he hath sworne vnto thee: if thou shalt kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God, and walke in his wayes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Jehovah doth establish thee to Himself for a holy people, as He hath sworn to thee, when thou keepest the commands of Jehovah thy God, and hast walked in His ways;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
• Deut 13:17 : 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;
• Deut 26:18-19 : 18 And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments; 19 And to make you high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
• Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
• Deut 7:8 : 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
• Deut 29:12-13 : 12 That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day: 13 That he may establish you today as a people for himself, and that he may be to you a God, as he has said to you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
• Ps 87:5 : 5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Most High himself shall establish her.
• Isa 1:26 : 26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
• Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• Jer 11:5 : 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered and said, So be it, O LORD.
• 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from evil.
• Heb 6:13-18 : 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 Saying, 'Surely, blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.' 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For people indeed swear by something greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end to all dispute. 17 In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath: 18 That by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us:
• 1 Pet 2:9-9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 Who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 Dearly beloved, I urge you as strangers and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;