Isaiah 52:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א בְחִפָּזוֹן֙ תֵּצֵ֔אוּ וּבִמְנוּסָ֖ה לֹ֣א תֵלֵכ֑וּן כִּֽי־הֹלֵ֤ךְ לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ יְהוָ֔ה וּמְאַסִּפְכֶ֖ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס

Transliteration

kî lōʾ bəḥippāzôn tēṣēʾû ûbimnûsâ lōʾ tēlēkûn kî-hōlēk lipnêkem YHWH ûməʾassipkem ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *bəḥippāzôn*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in haste
• *tēṣēʾû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will go out
• *ûbimnûsâ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular - and in flight
• *tēlēkûn*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural (paragogic nun) - you will go
• *kî-hōlēk*: conjunction + verb, qal participle, masculine singular - for goes
• *lipnêkem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - before you
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ûməʾassipkem*: conjunction + verb, piel participle, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your rear guard
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *bəḥippāzôn*: in haste/hurriedly/in alarm
• *bimnûsâ*: in flight/in panic/as fugitives
• *hōlēk* *lipnêkem*: goes before you/leads you
• *məʾassipkem*: your rear guard/the one gathering you/your protector

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For ye shall not go out{H3318} in haste,{H2649} neither shall ye go{H1980} by flight:{H4499} for Jehovah{H3068} will go{H1980} before{H6440} you; and the God{H430} of Israel{H3478} will be your rearward.{H622}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For ye shall not go out{H3318}{(H8799)} with haste{H2649}, nor go{H3212}{(H8799)} by flight{H4499}: for the LORD{H3068} will go{H1980}{(H8802)} before{H6440} you; and the God{H430} of Israel{H3478} will be your rereward{H622}{(H8764)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But ye shal not go out with sedicio, ner make haist as they that fle awaye: for the LORDE shal go before you, ad the God of Israel shal kepe the watch.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For ye shall not goe out with haste, nor depart by fleeing away: but the Lorde will goe before you, and the God of Israel will gather you together.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For ye shall not escape by runnyng, nor by fleeyng away: but the Lorde shall go before you, and the God of Israel shall gather you together.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rereward.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you `is' Jehovah, And gathering you `is' the God of Israel!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 58:8 : 8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
• Mic 2:13 : 13 The breaker has come up before them; they have broken up and have passed through the gate and are gone out by it, and their king shall pass before them, with the LORD at their head.
• Isa 45:2 : 2 I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut through the bars of iron.
• Exod 14:19-20 : 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one did not come near the other all night.
• Exod 12:11 : 11 And thus you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover.
• Exod 12:33 : 33 And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, 'We shall all be dead.'
• Exod 12:39 : 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt, and could not delay, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
• Exod 13:21-22 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
• Deut 20:4 : 4 For the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
• Judg 4:14 : 14 And Deborah said to Barak, Arise; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Is not the LORD gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
• 1 Chr 14:15 : 15 And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone ahead of you to strike the Philistine army.
• Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily.
• Exod 14:8 : 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with boldness.
• Isa 51:14 : 14 The captive exile hastens to be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
• Num 10:25 : 25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rear guard of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.