Deuteronomy 4:44

KJV1611 – Modern English

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-this ha-tôrāh which-śām Mōšeh before bənê Yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *wə-zōʾt*: conjunction + feminine demonstrative pronoun - and this
• *ha-tôrāh*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the law/instruction
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *śām*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he set/placed
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *lipnê*: preposition + plural construct - before/in front of
• *bənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *tôrāh*: law/instruction/teaching/direction
• *śām*: set/placed/put/established
• *lipnê*: before/in front of/in the presence of
• *bənê*: sons/children/descendants

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  This is the lawe which Moses set before the childern of Israel,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This is the lawe which Moses layed before the children of Israel:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so this is the lawe which Moyses set before the children of Israel:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And this [is] the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And this `is' the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel:

• World English Bible (2000)

  This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Setting and Introduction of the Covenant This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 27:34 : 34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
• Num 36:13 : 13 These are the commandments and the judgments which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho.
• Deut 1:5 : 5 On this side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying,
• Deut 17:18-19 : 18 Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests, the Levites. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes.
• Deut 27:3 : 3 And you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you have crossed over, that you may go into the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey; as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you.
• Deut 27:8 : 8 And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
• Deut 27:26 : 26 Cursed be he who does not confirm all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Deut 33:4 : 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
• Mal 4:4 : 4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.