2 KINGS 17:37

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.”

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2 Kings 17:37 Translation & Meaning

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And the statutes, הַֽחֻקִּ֨ים An enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) statutes
and the ordinances, הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֜ים Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style ordinances
and the law, וְהַתּוֹרָ֤ה A precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch law
and the commandment, וְהַמִּצְוָה֙ A command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) commandment
which אֲשֶׁ֣ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
he wrote כָּתַ֣ב To grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) wrote
for you, ye shall observe תִּשְׁמְר֥וּן Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc observe
to do לַֽעֲשׂ֖וֹת To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application do
for evermore; הַיָּמִ֑ים 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) evermore
and ye shall not וְלֹ֥א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
fear תִֽירְא֖וּ To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten fear
other אֲחֵרִֽים׃ Properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc other
gods. אֱלֹהִ֥ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative gods

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  • 35  With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:

  • 36  But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.

  • 37  And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.

  • 38  And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

  • 39  But the Lord your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.




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