Joshua 3:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ שְׁנֵ֣י עָשָׂ֣ר אִ֔ישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃

Transliteration

and-now qəḥû to-you šənê ʿāśār ʾîš from-šibṭê yiśrāʾēl ʾîš-ʾeḥād ʾîš-ʾeḥād for-ha-šābeṭ

Grammar Details

• *qəḥû*: qal imperative 2mp - take
• *šənê*: numeral, masculine dual construct - two of
• *ʿāśār*: numeral - ten
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *šibṭê*: noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one
• *ha-šābeṭ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the tribe

Word Meanings

• *šənê* *ʿāśār*: twelve
• *ʾîš*-*ʾeḥād* *ʾîš*-*ʾeḥād*: one man, one man (distributive repetition)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now then, select twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Take now therfore twolue men out of ye trybes of Israel, out of euery trybe one.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe therefore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therfore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man -- one man for a tribe;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 4:2 : 2 Take twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,
• Josh 4:4 : 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe,
• Josh 4:9 : 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.