KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.”
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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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| “For” | כִּ֣י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | For |
| “as” | כַאֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | as |
| “the new” | הַ֠חֳדָשִׁים | New | new |
| “heavens” | הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heavens |
| “and the new” | הַחֲדָשָׁ֜ה | New | new |
| “earth,” | וְהָאָ֨רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | earth |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “I” | אֲנִ֥י | I | I |
| “will make,” | עֹשֶׂ֛ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | make |
| “shall remain” | עֹמְדִ֥ים | To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) | remain |
| “before” | לְפָנַ֖י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “me, saith” | נְאֻם | An oracle | saith |
| “the Lord,” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “so” | כֵּ֛ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | so |
| “shall your seed” | זַרְעֲכֶ֖ם | Seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity | seed |
| “and your name” | וְשִׁמְכֶֽם׃ | An appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character | name |
| “remain.” | יַעֲמֹ֥ד | To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) | remain |
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20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
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