Exodus 22:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֵּֽן־תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְשֹׁרְךָ֖ לְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה עִם־אִמּ֔וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י תִּתְּנוֹ־לִֽי׃

Transliteration

Thus taʿăśeh to your šōrĕkā, to your ṣōʾnekā; šibʿat yāmîm it shall be with its ʾimmô, on the day the šĕmînî you shall give it to me.

Grammar Details

• *taʿăśeh*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular, 'you shall do'
• *šōrĕkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix, 'your ox'
• *ṣōʾnekā*: masculine singular collective noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix, 'your flock'
• *šibʿat*: feminine singular construct, 'seven of'
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun, 'days'
• *ʾimmô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, 'its mother'
• *šĕmînî*: definite masculine singular ordinal number, 'eighth'

Word Meanings

• *šōrĕkā*: your ox/your cattle
• *ṣōʾnekā*: your flock/your sheep and goats

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do the same with your cattle and your sheep; let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thy frutes (whether they be drye or moyst) se thou kepe not backe. Thi firstborne sonne thou shalt geue me:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy drie and moist frutes shalt thou not kepe backe. Thy first sonne shalt thou geue vnto me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thine abundance and thy licour shalt thou not keepe backe. The first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou giue me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thy fruites, whether they be drie or moyst, see thou kepe the not backe: thy first borne sonne thou shalt geue me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not keep back your offerings from the wealth of your grain and your vines. The first of your sons you are to give to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 13:2 : 2 Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
• Exod 23:16 : 16 and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors from the field.
• Exod 23:19 : 19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Exod 13:12 : 12 That you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be the LORD'S.
• Deut 26:2-9 : 2 That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And you shall go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him, I declare this day to the LORD my God, that I have come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God. 5 And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: 6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 7 And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: 8 And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: 9 And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which you, O LORD, have given me. And you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God:
• 2 Kgs 4:42 : 42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk of it. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.
• 2 Chr 31:5 : 5 And as soon as the commandment was spread abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things they brought in abundantly.
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Ezek 20:40 : 40 For on my holy mountain, in the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
• Mic 7:1 : 1 Woe is me! For I am like when they have gathered the summer fruits, like the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desired the first ripe fruit.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
• Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
• Exod 34:19 : 19 All that open the womb is mine, and every firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep, that is male.