Deuteronomy 31:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And that their children, who have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over Jordan to possess it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵיהֶ֞ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יָדְע֗וּ יִשְׁמְעוּ֙ וְלָ֣מְד֔וּ לְיִרְאָ֖ה אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם כָּל־הַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתֶּ֤ם חַיִּים֙ עַל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתֶּ֜ם עֹבְרִ֧ים אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ פ

Transliteration

And-û-bənêhem who not-yādəʿû yišməʿû and-wə-lāmədû to-lə-yirʾāh ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem all-the-yāmîm which ʾattem ḥayyîm on-the-ʾădāmāh which ʾattem ʿōbərîm ʾet-the-yardēn there to-lə-rištāh.

Grammar Details

• *û-bənêhem*: waw conjunction + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - 'and their children'
• *yādəʿû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'they knew'
• *yišməʿû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - 'they will hear'
• *wə-lāmədû*: waw conjunction + qal perfect 3rd common plural - 'and they will learn'
• *lə-yirʾāh*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - 'to fear'
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - 'your God'
• *yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - 'days'
• *ʾattem*: personal pronoun 2nd masculine plural - 'you'
• *ḥayyîm*: adjective masculine plural - 'living'
• *ʾădāmāh*: noun feminine singular - 'ground/land'
• *ʿōbərîm*: qal participle masculine plural - 'crossing over'
• *yardēn*: proper noun - 'Jordan'
• *lə-rištāh*: preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - 'to possess it'

Word Meanings

• *yādəʿû*: knew/experienced/were familiar with
• *yišməʿû*: will hear/will listen/will obey
• *wə-lāmədû*: will learn/will study/will be taught
• *lə-yirʾāh*: to fear/to revere/to be in awe of
• *yāmîm*: days/time/period
• *ḥayyîm*: living/alive/active
• *ʾădāmāh*: ground/land/soil
• *ʿōbərîm*: crossing over/passing through/traversing
• *lə-rištāh*: to possess it/to inherit it/to take ownership of it

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And their children, who do not know it yet, will hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and that their children,{H1121} who have not known,{H3045} may hear,{H8085} and learn{H3925} to fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} as long as{H3117} ye live{H2416} in the land{H127} whither ye go over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} to possess{H3423} it.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And that their children{H1121}, which have not known{H3045}{(H8804)} any thing, may hear{H8085}{(H8799)}, and learn{H3925}{(H8804)} to fear{H3372}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, as long as{H3117} ye live{H2416} in the land{H127} whither ye go over{H5674}{(H8802)} Jordan{H3383} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and that theyr childern which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the Lorde youre God, as longe as ye lyue in the londe whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and that their children also which knowe nothinge, maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE yor God, all youre lyue dayes which ye lyue in the londe, whither ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And that their children which haue not knowen it, may heare it, and learne to feare the Lorde your God, as long as ye liue in the lande, whither ye goe ouer Iorden to possesse it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And that their children which knowe nothyng, may heare, and learne to feare the Lorde your God, as long as ye lyue in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [that] their children, which have not known [any thing], may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and their sons, who have not known, do hear, and have learned to fear Jehovah your God all the days which ye are living on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the LORD your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 11:2 : 2 And know this day: for I speak not with your children who have not known or seen the discipline of the LORD your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm,
• Ps 78:4-8 : 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 8 And might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
• Prov 22:6 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
• Eph 6:4 : 4 And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
• Deut 6:7 : 7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.