Deuteronomy 8:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְקָֽרְךָ֤ וְצֹֽאנְךָ֙ יִרְבְּיֻ֔ן וְכֶ֥סֶף וְזָהָ֖ב יִרְבֶּה־לָּ֑ךְ וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֖ יִרְבֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And-bəqārəkā and-tsōʾnəkā yirbəyūn and-kesef and-zāhāb yirbeh-to-you and-all which-to-you yirbeh.

Grammar Details

• *bəqārəkā*: masculine singular collective noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your herd
• *tsōʾnəkā*: feminine singular collective noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your flock
• *yirbəyūn*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural paragogic nun - they multiply
• *kesef*: masculine singular noun - silver
• *zāhāb*: masculine singular noun - gold
• *yirbeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it multiplies

Word Meanings

• *bəqārəkā*: your herd/cattle/oxen
• *tsōʾnəkā*: your flock/sheep/goats
• *yirbəyūn*: they multiply/increase/become many
• *kesef*: silver/money
• *zāhāb*: gold
• *yirbeh*: multiplies/increases/becomes many

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and when thy herds{H1241} and thy flocks{H6629} multiply,{H7235} and thy silver{H3701} and thy gold{H2091} is multiplied,{H7235} and all that thou hast is multiplied;{H7235}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when thy herds{H1241} and thy flocks{H6629} multiply{H7235}{(H8799)}, and thy silver{H3701} and thy gold{H2091} is multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)}, and all that thou hast is multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  ad when thy beesse ad thy shepe are waxed manye ad thy syluer ad golde is multiplied

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and whan thy beestes and shepe, and syluer, and golde, and all yt thou hast, increaseth)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thy beastes, and thy sheepe are increased, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is increased,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when thy beastes and thy sheepe are waxen many, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is encreased:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [when] thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;

• World English Bible (2000)

  and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 13:1-5 : 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he traveled on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; 4 To the place of the altar, which he had made there at first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. 5 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
• Job 1:3 : 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
• Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
• Luke 12:13-21 : 13 And one of the company said to him, Master, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses. 16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.