Deuteronomy 33:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir to them; he shined forth from Mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמַ֗ר יְהוָ֞ה מִסִּינַ֥י בָּא֙ וְזָרַ֤ח מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ לָ֔מוֹ הוֹפִ֙יעַ֙ מֵהַ֣ר פָּארָ֔ן וְאָתָ֖ה מֵרִבְבֹ֣ת קֹ֑דֶשׁ מִֽימִינ֕וֹ אֵ֥שׁ דָּ֖ת לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-yōʾmar YHWH from-Sînay bāʾ and-zāraḥ from-Śēʿîr to-them hôpîaʿ from-har Pāʾrān and-ʾātāh from-ribəbōt qōdeš from-yāmîn-his ʾēš dāt to-them

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmar*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *mi-Sînay*: preposition + proper noun - from Sinai
• *bāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came
• *wə-zāraḥ*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and rose/shone
• *mi-Śēʿîr*: preposition + proper noun - from Seir
• *lāmô*: preposition + 3rd plural suffix (poetic) - to/for them
• *hôpîaʿ*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - shone forth/appeared
• *mē-har*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from mountain of
• *Pāʾrān*: proper noun - Paran
• *wə-ʾātāh*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and came
• *mē-ribəbōt*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - from ten thousands of
• *qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - holiness/holy ones
• *mî-yāmîn*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from right hand of
• *-ô*: 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his
• *ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
• *dāt*: noun, feminine singular - law/decree

Word Meanings

• *zāraḥ*: shine/rise (like the sun)
• *lāmô*: poetic form of 'to them'
• *hôpîaʿ*: shine forth/appear/become visible
• *ribəbōt*: ten thousands/myriads
• *qōdeš*: holiness/holy ones/holy place
• *ʾēš dāt*: fiery law/fire of law/burning mandate

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He said: 'The Lord came from Sinai, and shone forth from Seir to them; He appeared in radiance from Mount Paran, and came with myriads of holy ones. From His right hand came a fiery law for them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} came{H935} from Sinai,{H5514} And rose{H2224} from Seir{H8165} unto them; He shined forth{H3313} from mount{H2022} Paran,{H6290} And he came{H857} from the ten thousands{H7233} of holy ones:{H6944} At his right hand{H3225} was a fiery{H799} law{H1881} for them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, The LORD{H3068} came{H935}{(H8804)} from Sinai{H5514}, and rose up{H2224}{(H8804)} from Seir{H8165} unto them; he shined forth{H3313}{(H8689)} from mount{H2022} Paran{H6290}, and he came{H857}{(H8804)} with ten thousands{H7233} of saints{H6944}: from his right hand{H3225} went a fiery{H799}{(H8676)}{H784} law{H1881} for them.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  sayenge: The Lord came fro Sinai and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them, and appered gloriously from mount Paran, and he came with thousandes of sayntes, and in his right hande a lawe of fyre for them

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and saide: The LORDE came from Sinai, and rose vp vnto the from Seir. He appeared fro mount Paran, and came wt many thousande sayntes. At his righte hande is there a lawe of fyre for them:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The Lord came from Sinai, & rose vp from Seir vnto them, & appeared clearely from mount Paran, & he came with ten thousands of Saints, and at his right hand a firie Lawe for them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The Lorde came from Sinai, and rose vp from Seir vnto them, and appeared from mount Pharan, & he came with ten thousande of saintes, and in his ryght hand a lawe of fire for them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, Yahweh came from Sinai, Rose from Seir to them; He shined forth from Mount Paran, He came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he saith: -- `Jehovah from Sinai hath come, And hath risen from Seir for them; He hath shone from mount Paran, And hath come `with' myriads of holy ones; At His right hand `are' springs for them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said:A Historical Review The LORD came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.

Referenced Verses

• Hab 3:3 : 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise.
• Acts 7:53 : 53 Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.
• Ps 68:17 : 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
• Rev 5:11 : 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,
• Jude 1:14 : 14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, 'Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
• Heb 2:2 : 2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;
• Gal 3:19 : 19 Why then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made, and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
• Judg 5:4-5 : 4 LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured, the clouds also poured water. 5 The mountains melted before the LORD, even that Sinai, before the LORD God of Israel.
• Ps 68:7-8 : 7 O God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness; Selah: 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
• Exod 19:18-20 : 18 And Mount Sinai was all in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount, and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
• Deut 5:22 : 22 These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a great voice: and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone, and delivered them to me.
• 2 Cor 3:7 : 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadily behold the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
• 2 Cor 3:9 : 9 For if the ministry of condemnation is glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed in glory.
• Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'
• 2 Thess 1:7 : 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
• Dan 7:9-9 : 9 I watched until thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was like a fiery flame, and its wheels as burning fire. 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him. Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Heb 12:20 : 20 For they could not bear what was commanded: "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow."