Exodus 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
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ASV
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
KJV
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | ve.'a.Tah | and therefore | H6258 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | <if> | H518 → |
| שָׁמ֤וֹעַ | sha.Mo.a' | certainly [if] <to listen> | H8085 → |
| תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ | tish.me.'U | you will listen | H8085 → |
| בְּקֹלִ֔י | be.ko.Li | to voice my | H6963 → |
| וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם | u.she.mar.Tem | and you will keep | H8104 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בְּרִיתִ֑י | be.ri.Ti | covenant my | H1285 → |
| וִהְיִ֨יתֶם | vih.Yi.tem | and you will be | H1961 → |
| לִ֤י | li | of me | |
| סְגֻלָּה֙ | se.gu.Lah | a possession | H5459 → |
| מִכָּל־ | mi.kol | from all | H3605 → |
| הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים | ha.'a.Mim | the peoples | H5971 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| לִ֖י | li | [belongs] to <the> me | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
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