KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.”
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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” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | For |
| “the seed” | זֶ֣רַע | Seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity | seed |
| “shall be” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “prosperous;” | הַשָּׁל֗וֹם | Safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace | prosperous |
| “the vine” | הַגֶּ֜פֶן | A vine (as twining), especially the grape | vine |
| “shall give” | תִּתֵּ֤ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | give |
| “her fruit,” | פִּרְיָהּ֙ | Fruit (literally or figuratively) | fruit |
| “and the ground” | וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | ground |
| “shall give” | תִּתֵּ֣ן | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | give |
| “her increase,” | יְבוּלָ֔הּ | Produce, i.e., a crop or (figuratively) wealth | increase |
| “and the heavens” | וְהַשָּׁמַ֖יִם | 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 |
| “shall give” | יִתְּנ֣וּ | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | give |
| “their dew;” | טַלָּ֑ם | Dew (as covering vegetation) | dew |
| “and I will cause” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | cause |
| “the remnant” | שְׁאֵרִ֛ית | A remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion | remnant |
| “of this” | הַזֶּ֖ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | of this |
| “people” | הָעָ֥ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “to possess” | וְהִנְחַלְתִּ֗י | To inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate | possess |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “these” | אֵֽלֶּה׃ | These or those | these |
| “things.” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) |
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10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
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