Joshua 6:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And seven priests shall carry before the ark seven trumpets of ram's horns: and on the seventh day you shall surround the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה כֹהֲנִ֡ים יִשְׂאוּ֩ שִׁבְעָ֨ה שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָאָר֔וֹן וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י תָּסֹ֥בּוּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים יִתְקְע֖וּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And šibʿāh kōhănîm shall yiśʾû šibʿāh šôpĕrôt hayyôbĕlîm before hāʾārôn and on the day haššĕbîʿî tāsōbbû ʾet-hāʿîr šebaʿ pĕʿāmîm and hakkōhănîm shall yitqĕʿû with haššôpārôt.

Grammar Details

• *šibʿāh*: number, feminine - seven
• *kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - priests
• *yiśʾû*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they shall carry/bear
• *šôpĕrôt*: noun, masculine plural - trumpets/ram's horns
• *hayyôbĕlîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the jubilee/ram's horns
• *hāʾārôn*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the ark
• *haššĕbîʿî*: adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the seventh
• *tāsōbbû*: verb, Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall go around
• *šebaʿ*: number, feminine - seven
• *pĕʿāmîm*: noun, feminine plural - times
• *hakkōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the priests
• *yitqĕʿû*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they shall blow
• *baššôpārôt*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with definite article - with the trumpets

Word Meanings

• *šôpĕrôt hayyôbĕlîm*: jubilee trumpets/rams' horns/trumpets of rams' horns
• *yiśʾû*: shall carry/bear/lift
• *tāsōbbû*: you shall go around/encircle/march around
• *yitqĕʿû*: they shall blow/sound/blast

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Have seven priests carry seven ram’s horn trumpets in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, and the priests are to blow the trumpets.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And seven{H7651} priests{H3548} shall bear{H5375} seven{H7651} trumpets{H7782} of rams' horns{H3104} before{H6440} the ark:{H727} and the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} ye shall compass{H5437} the city{H5892} seven{H7651} times,{H6471} and the priests{H3548} shall blow{H8628} the trumpets.{H7782}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And seven{H7651} priests{H3548} shall bear{H5375}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the ark{H727} seven{H7651} trumpets{H7782} of rams' horns{H3104}: and the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} ye shall compass{H5437}{(H8799)} the city{H5892} seven{H7651} times{H6471}, and the priests{H3548} shall blow{H8628}{(H8799)} with the trumpets{H7782}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But vpon the seuenth daye let the prestes take the seuen trompettes of the yeare of Iubilye before the Arke, and go the same seuenth daye seuen tymes aboute the cite, and let the prestes blowe the trompettes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And seuen Priests shall beare seuen trumpets of rams hornes before the Arke: and the seuenth day ye shall compasse the citie seuen times, and the Priests shall blow with the trumpets.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And seuen priestes shall beare before the arke seuen trumpettes of rammes hornes: And the seuenth day ye shall compasse the citie seuen tymes, and the priestes shal blowe with the trumpets.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and seven priests do bear seven trumpets of the jubilee before the ark, and on the seventh day ye compass the city seven times, and the priests blow with the trumpets,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day, you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 20:21 : 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying, Praise the LORD, for His mercy endures forever.
• 2 Chr 20:17 : 17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD is with you.
• 2 Chr 20:19 : 19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
• Job 42:8 : 8 Therefore take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering, and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your foolishness, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.
• Isa 27:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
• Zech 4:2 : 2 And said to me, What do you see? And I said, I have looked, and behold, a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl on top of it, and its seven lamps on it, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are on top of it:
• Zech 4:6 : 6 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
• Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
• Rev 1:20 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches.
• Rev 5:1 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
• Rev 5:6 : 6 And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
• Rev 8:2 : 2 And I saw the seven angels who stood before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
• Rev 8:6 : 6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
• Rev 10:3 : 3 And he cried with a loud voice, like a lion roars, and when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.
• Rev 15:1 : 1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them the wrath of God is finished.
• Rev 15:7 : 7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
• Rev 16:1 : 1 And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth.
• Gen 2:3 : 3 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.
• Gen 7:2-3 : 2 Of every clean animal, you shall take with you seven pairs, the male and his female; and of animals that are not clean, two, the male and his female. 3 Of birds also of the air, seven pairs, the male and the female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
• Lev 4:6 : 6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary.
• Lev 14:16 : 16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
• Lev 25:8-9 : 8 And you shall number seven sabbaths of years to you, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
• Num 10:1-9 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Make two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece you shall make them: that you may use them for calling the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they blow them, all the assembly shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tabernacle of meeting. 4 And if they blow with one trumpet, then the princes, the leaders of the thousands of Israel, shall gather to you. 5 When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are on the east side shall go forward. 6 When you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be for you an ordinance forever throughout your generations. 9 And if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also on the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God.
• Num 23:1 : 1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.
• Judg 7:7-8 : 7 And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand; let all the other people go every man to his place. 8 So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets, and he sent all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men; and the Midianite army was below him in the valley.
• Judg 7:15-22 : 15 And it was so when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped, and returned to the army of Israel and said, Arise, for the LORD has delivered the Midianite army into your hand. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers and lamps inside the pitchers. 17 And he said to them, Look at me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, as I do, so shall you do. 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow your trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outside of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, and they had just set the watch, and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands to blow with, and they cried, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place around the camp, and all the army ran, and cried out, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the whole army, and the army fled to Beth Shittah in Zererath, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
• 1 Kgs 18:43 : 43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
• 2 Kgs 5:10 : 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.
• 2 Chr 13:12 : 12 And behold, God himself is with us as our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to sound alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.