KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Chronicles 17:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And since the time” | וּלְמִיָּמִ֗ים | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | since time |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “I commanded” | צִוִּ֤יתִי | (intensively) to constitute, enjoin | commanded |
| “judges” | שֹֽׁפְטִים֙ | To judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively) | judges |
| “to be” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “over” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | over |
| “my people” | עַמִּ֣י | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “Israel.” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “Moreover I will subdue” | וְהִכְנַ֖עְתִּי | Properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish | Moreover subdue |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “thine enemies.” | אֽוֹיְבֶ֑יךָ | Hating; an adversary | thine enemies |
| “Furthermore I tell” | וָֽאַגִּ֣ד | Properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise | Furthermore tell |
| “thee that the Lord” | יְהוָֽה׃ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “will build” | יִֽבְנֶה | To build (literally and figuratively) | build |
| “thee an house.” | וּבַ֖יִת | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
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8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house.
11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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