Leviticus 25:38

KJV1611 – Modern English

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֗י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לָתֵ֤ת לָכֶם֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לִהְי֥וֹת לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ ס

Transliteration

ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem ʾăšer-hôṣēʾtî ʾetkem from-ʾereṣ miṣrāyim to-lātēt to-you ʾet-ʾereṣ kĕnaʿan to-lihyôt to-you to-ʾĕlōhîm.

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your God
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
• *hôṣēʾtî*: 1st person singular hiphil perfect - I brought out
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
• *ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - land of
• *miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *lātēt*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - to give
• *kĕnaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *lihyôt*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - to be
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God

Word Meanings

• *hôṣēʾtî*: brought out/delivered/rescued
• *lihyôt*: to be/to become/to exist as

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I am Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} who brought you forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} to give{H5414} you the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} [and] to be your God.{H430}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I am the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, which brought you forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} you the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, and to be your God{H430}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I am the Lorde youre God which broughte you out of the lande of Egipte, to geue you the lande of Canaan and to be youre God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For I am the LORDE yor God, which haue brought you out of the lode of Egipte, to geue you the lande of Canaan, and to be youre God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to giue you the lande of Canaan, and to be your God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I am the Lorde your God, which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to geue you the lande of Chanaan, and to be your God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I `am' Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, `and' to be your God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan– to be your God.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 11:45 : 45 For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy.
• Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Num 15:41 : 41 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
• Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
• 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 32:38 : 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
• Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
• Lev 22:32-33 : 32 Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who sanctifies you, 33 Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.