Deuteronomy 29:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֣עַן הָקִֽים־אֹתְךָ֩ הַיּ֨וֹם ׀ ל֜וֹ לְעָ֗ם וְה֤וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּע֙ לַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

Transliteration

For-purpose-of hāqîm-you the-yôm to-him for-ʿām and-he yihyeh-to-you for-ʾĕlōhîm, as-which dibber-to-you and-as-which nišbaʿ to-ʾăbōteḵā, to-ʾAbrāhām to-Yiṣḥāq and-to-Yaʿăqōb.

Grammar Details

• *hāqîm*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to establish/confirm
• *yôm*: noun masculine singular - day
• *ʿām*: noun masculine singular - people
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God
• *dibber*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
• *nišbaʿ*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he swore
• *ʾăbōteḵā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your fathers
• *ʾAbrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
• *Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

• *hāqîm*: establish/confirm/raise up
• *ʿām*: people/nation/folk
• *dibber*: spoke/promised/declared

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He is confirming you today as His people, and He will be your God, just as He promised you and swore to your ancestors—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That thou shoulst enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  that thou shulddest come vnder the appoyntment of the Lorde thy God, and vnder his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with the this daye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that thou shuldest enter in to the couenaunt of the LORDE thy God, and in to the ooth which the LORDE thy God maketh with the this daye,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That thou shouldest passe into the couenant of the Lord thy God, & into his othe which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God, and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

• World English Bible (2000)

  that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 15:12-15 : 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found by them: and the LORD gave them rest all around.
• Neh 10:28-29 : 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinims, and all those who had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone having knowledge and understanding; 29 They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes;
• 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 5:2-3 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.
• Deut 29:14 : 14 I make this covenant and this oath not only with you;
• Josh 24:25 : 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
• 2 Kgs 11:17 : 17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, that they would be the LORD's people; and also between the king and the people.