Ezekiel 37:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַבְדִּ֤י דָוִד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְרוֹעֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִהְיֶ֣ה לְכֻלָּ֑ם וּבְמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י יֵלֵ֔כוּ וְחֻקֹּתַ֥י יִשְׁמְר֖וּ וְעָשׂ֥וּ אוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

And wᵊʿabdî Dāwid king melek over them ʿălêhem and wᵊrôʿeh ʾeḥād will be yihyeh for all of them lᵊkullām and in ûbᵊmišpāṭay they will walk yēlēkû and wᵊḥuqqōtay they will keep yišmᵊrû and they will do wᵊʿāśû them ʾôtām

Grammar Details

• *wᵊʿabdî*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my servant
• *Dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular - king
• *ʿălêhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - over them
• *wᵊrôʿeh*: conjunction with noun, masculine singular - and a shepherd
• *ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one
• *yihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will be
• *lᵊkullām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for all of them
• *ûbᵊmišpāṭay*: conjunction with preposition and noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - and in my judgments
• *yēlēkû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will walk
• *wᵊḥuqqōtay*: conjunction with noun, feminine plural with 1st person singular suffix - and my statutes
• *yišmᵊrû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will keep
• *wᵊʿāśû*: verb, qal perfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will do
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them

Word Meanings

• *ʿebed*: servant/slave
• *rôʿeh*: shepherd/pastor/keeper
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/ordinance/decision
• *ḥuqqâ*: statute/ordinance/decree

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My laws and carefully obey My decrees.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And my servant{H5650} David{H1732} shall be king{H4428} over them; and they all shall have one{H259} shepherd:{H7462} they shall also walk{H3212} in mine ordinances,{H4941} and observe{H8104} my statutes,{H2708} and do{H6213} them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And David{H1732} my servant{H5650} shall be king{H4428} over them; and they all shall have one{H259} shepherd{H7462}{(H8802)}: they shall also walk{H3212}{(H8799)} in my judgments{H4941}, and observe{H8104}{(H8799)} my statutes{H2708}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their kinge, & they all shal haue one shepherde only. They shal walke in my lawes, and my commaundementes shalt they both kepe & fulfill.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Dauid my seruant shalbe king ouer them, and they all shall haue one shepheard: they shall also walke in my iudgements, and obserue my statutes, and doe them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their king, and they all shall haue one sheepheard only: they shall walke in my iudgementes, and my commaundementes shall they kepe, and fulfill them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And My servant David `is' king over them, And one shepherd have they all, And in My judgments they go, And My statutes they keep, and have done them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.

Referenced Verses

• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward, the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the last days.
• Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• Ezek 37:22 : 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children forever: and my servant David shall be their prince forever.
• Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
• Jer 30:9 : 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Jer 32:39 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and their children after them:
• Deut 30:6 : 6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
• Ps 78:71-72 : 71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
• Ps 80:1 : 1 Listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.
• Eccl 12:11 : 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.
• Isa 55:3-4 : 3 Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. 4 Behold, I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to me the one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origins have been from of old, from everlasting.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
• Luke 1:32 : 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.
• John 10:11 : 11 I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
• John 10:14-16 : 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by my own. 15 As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
• 1 Cor 11:2 : 2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things and keep the ordinances as I delivered them to you.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Eph 4:4-6 : 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in you all.
• Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
• Titus 2:11-13 : 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ;
• Titus 3:3-8 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 Whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 That having been justified by His grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you shall receive a crown of glory that does not fade away.
• 1 John 2:6 : 6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.