Deuteronomy 33:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread upon their high places.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַשְׁרֶ֨יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל מִ֣י כָמ֗וֹךָ עַ֚ם נוֹשַׁ֣ע בַּֽיהוָ֔ה מָגֵ֣ן עֶזְרֶ֔ךָ וַאֲשֶׁר־חֶ֖רֶב גַּאֲוָתֶ֑ךָ וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ לָ֔ךְ וְאַתָּ֖ה עַל־בָּמוֹתֵ֥ימוֹ תִדְרֹֽךְ׃ ס

Transliteration

ʾAšrêkā Yiśrāʾēl who like-you ʿam nôšaʿ in-YHWH māgēn ʿezrekā and-which-ḥereb gaʾăwātekā and-yikkāḥăšû ʾōyəbêkā to-you and-you on-bāmôtêmô tidrōk

Grammar Details

• *ʾašrêkā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - blessed/happy are you
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *kāmôkā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - like you
• *ʿam*: noun, masculine singular - people
• *nôšaʿ*: niphal participle, masculine singular - saved
• *ba-YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - by the LORD
• *māgēn*: noun, masculine singular construct - shield of
• *ʿezrekā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your help
• *wa-ʾăšer*: conjunction + relative pronoun - and which
• *ḥereb*: noun, feminine singular construct - sword of
• *gaʾăwātekā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your excellence
• *wə-yikkāḥăšû*: conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they will submit
• *ʾōyəbêkā*: qal participle, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your enemies
• *lāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
• *wə-ʾattâ*: conjunction + 2nd masculine singular pronoun - and you
• *ʿal-bāmôtêmô*: preposition + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix (poetic) - upon their high places
• *tidrōk*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will tread

Word Meanings

• *ʾešer*: happiness/blessedness
• *nôšaʿ*: saved/delivered/rescued
• *māgēn*: shield/protection/defense
• *gaʾăwâ*: excellence/majesty/pride
• *kāḥaš*: submit/feign obedience/cringe
• *bāmâ*: high place/height/ridge
• *dārak*: tread/walk/march

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will come cringing to you, and you will tread on their high places.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Happye art thou Israel, who is like vnto the? A people that art saued by the Lorde thy shilde and helper and swerde of thi glorye. And thyne enemyes shall hyde them selues from the, and thou shalt walke vppon their hye hilles.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Happye art thou Israel, who is lyke vnto the? O thou people yt art saued by the LORDE, which is thy helpe, shylde, and the swerde of thy glorye. Thyne enemies shal pyne awaye, and thou shalt treade vpon the height of them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is like vnto thee, O people saued by the Lorde, the shielde of thine helpe, and which is the sword of thy glorie? therefore thine enemies shall bee in subiection to thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their hie places.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Happy art thou O Israel, who is like vnto thee O people, that art saued in the Lorde which is the shielde of thy helpe and sworde of thy glorie? Thine enemies haue lost their strength to thee warde, and thou shalt treade vpon their hye places.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Happy are you, Israel: Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, The shield of your help, The sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you; You shall tread on their high places.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  O thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who `is' the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 115:9-9 : 9 O Israel, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield. 11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield.
• 2 Sam 7:23 : 23 And what nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, to make him a name, and to do for you great and awesome things for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
• Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel shall be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded forever and ever.
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.
• Hab 3:19 : 19 The LORD God is my strength, and He will make my feet like deer's feet, and He will make me walk on my high places. To the chief musician, on my stringed instruments.
• Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceedingly great reward.
• Num 23:20-24 : 20 Behold, I have received a commandment to bless, and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. 21 He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he has the strength of a wild ox. 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel; at this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion and lift himself up like a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.
• Deut 4:7-8 : 7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
• Deut 32:13 : 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
• Ps 144:15 : 15 Happy is that people who are in such a case: yes, happy is that people whose God is the LORD.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• Isa 34:5-6 : 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Ps 7:12 : 12 If he does not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
• Ps 18:44 : 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
• Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
• Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
• Ps 45:3 : 3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, with your glory and your majesty.
• Josh 10:24-25 : 24 And it happened, when they brought those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near and put their feet on their necks. 25 Then Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for the LORD will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.
• Num 24:5 : 5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel!
• 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
• Rev 19:21 : 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him who sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
• Jer 12:12 : 12 The destroyers have come upon all the high places in the wilderness; for the sword of the LORD shall devour from one end of the land even to the other end of the land; no flesh shall have peace.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• Jer 47:6 : 6 O sword of the LORD, how long until you be quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still.
• Ps 81:15 : 15 The haters of the LORD would have submitted themselves to him; but their time would have endured forever.
• 2 Sam 22:45 : 45 Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall obey me.
• Judg 7:20 : 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands to blow with, and they cried, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon.