Exodus 20:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God spoke all these words, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֵ֛ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-yəḏabbēr ʾĕlōhîm ʾēṯ all-had-dəḇārîm hāʾēlleh lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəḏabbēr*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and spoke
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with singular meaning - God
• *ʾēṯ*: direct object marker
• *had-dəḇārîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the words/things
• *hāʾēlleh*: demonstrative adjective, plural - these
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + infinitive construct - to say

Word Meanings

• *wə-yəḏabbēr*: and he spoke/was speaking/began to speak
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (morphologically plural but typically functions as singular)
• *dəḇārîm*: words/things/matters/commands
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/as follows (formulaic introduction to direct speech)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And God spoke all these words, saying:

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And God spake all these words, saying,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And God spake all these words, saying,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And God spake all these words, saying,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And God spake all these wordes ad saide:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the LORDE spake all these wordes, and sayde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then God spake all these wordes, saying,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And God spake all these wordes, and said.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And God spake all these words, saying,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  God{After "God," the Hebrew has the two letters "Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.} spoke all these words, saying,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And God speaketh all these words, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And God spake all these words, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And God spake all these words, saying,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And God said all these words:

• World English Bible (2000)

  God spoke all these words, saying,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Decalogue God spoke all these words:

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:36 : 36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
• 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.
• Acts 7:38 : 38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us:
• Acts 7:53 : 53 Who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.
• Deut 5:4 : 4 The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire,
• Deut 4:33 : 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?