1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
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ASV
Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
KJV
Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
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33 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֞ה | ve.'a.Tah | and therefore | H6258 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה׀ | Yah.weh | O Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | 'e.lo.Hei | [the] God of | H430 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| שְׁ֠מֹר | She.mor | keep | H8104 → |
| לְעַבְדְּךָ֨ | le.'av.de.Kha | to servant your | H5650 → |
| דָוִ֤ד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| אָבִי֙ | 'a.Vi | father my | H1 → |
| אֵת֩ | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | [that] which | H834 → |
| דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ | di.Bar.ta | you spoke | H1696 → |
| לּוֹ֙ | lo | to him | |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יִכָּרֵ֨ת | yi.ka.Ret | it will be cut off | H3772 → |
| לְךָ֥ | le.Kha | to you | |
| אִישׁ֙ | 'ish | a man | H376 → |
| מִלְּפָנַ֔י | mi.le.fa.Nai | from to before me | H6440 → |
| יֹשֵׁ֖ב | yo.Shev | [who] sits | H3427 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| כִּסֵּ֣א | ki.Se' | [the] throne of | H3678 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| רַ֠ק | rak | only | H7535 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| יִשְׁמְר֨וּ | yish.me.Ru | they will guard | H8104 → |
| בָנֶ֤יךָ | va.Nei.kha | descendants your | H1121 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| דַּרְכָּם֙ | dar.Kam | way their | H1870 → |
| לָלֶ֣כֶת | la.Le.khet | to walk | H1980 → |
| לְפָנַ֔י | le.fa.Nai | <to> before me | H6440 → |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ka.'a.Sher | just as | H834 → |
| הָלַ֖כְתָּ | ha.Lakh.ta | you have walked | H1980 → |
| לְפָנָֽי׃ | le.fa.Nai | <to> before me | H6440 → |
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