Exodus 24:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּח֙ סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה וְנִשְׁמָֽע׃

Transliteration

wayyiqqaḥ sēfer habbərît wayyiqrāʾ bəʾoznê hāʿām wayyōʾmərû kōl ʾăšer-dibbēr YHWH naʿăśeh wə-nišmāʿ

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqqaḥ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he took
• *sēfer*: noun, masculine singular construct - book of/scroll of
• *habbərît*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the covenant
• *wayyiqrāʾ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular consecutive - and he read
• *bəʾoznê*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - in the ears of
• *hāʿām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the people
• *wayyōʾmərû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - and they said
• *kōl*: noun, construct - all
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *dibbēr*: verb, piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke/said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *naʿăśeh*: verb, qal imperfect 1st common plural - we will do
• *wə-nišmāʿ*: conjunction + verb, niphal imperfect 1st common plural - and we will hear/obey

Word Meanings

• *sēfer*: book/scroll/document
• *habbərît*: the covenant/the agreement/the treaty
• *wayyiqrāʾ*: read/called out/proclaimed
• *bəʾoznê*: in the ears of/in the hearing of
• *naʿăśeh*: we will do/we will perform/we will act
• *wə-nišmāʿ*: and we will hear/and we will obey/and we will listen

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he toke the boke of the appoyntment and red it in the audience of the people. And they seyde. All that the Lorde hath sayde, we will do and heare.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & toke the boke of ye couenaunt, & cried in the eares of the people. And whan they had sayde: All yt the LORDE hath sayde, wil we do, & herken vnto him:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  After he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he toke the booke of the couenaut, & read it in the audience of the people: And they sayd, All that the Lord hath sayd, wyll we do, and be obedient.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, `All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people, and they said,“We are willing to do and obey all that the LORD has spoken.”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 24:3-4 : 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD has said, we will do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Deut 31:11-13 : 11 When all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and your stranger that is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: 13 And that their children, who have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over Jordan to possess it.
• Jer 7:23-24 : 23 But this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you. 24 But they did not listen, nor incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
• Acts 13:15 : 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak on.
• Col 4:16 : 16 And when this letter is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you likewise read the letter from Laodicea.
• 1 Thess 5:27 : 27 I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers.
• Heb 9:18-23 : 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book itself and all the people, 20 Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you." 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission. 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.