Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThough we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem. Young's Literal Translation for servants we [are], and in our servitude our God hath not forsaken us, and stretcheth out unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give to us a quickening to lift up the house of our God, and to cause its wastes to cease, and to give to us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. King James Bible For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. Hebrew Thoughכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction we אֲנַ֔חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We are slaves, עֲבָדִ֣ים (‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5650: Slave, servant our God אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no forsaken us עֲזָבָ֖נוּ (‘ă·zā·ḇā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit in our bondage, וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ (ū·ḇə·‘aḇ·ḏu·ṯê·nū) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 5659: Servitude, bondage but He has extended וַֽיַּט־ (way·yaṭ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend to us עָלֵ֣ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against grace חֶ֡סֶד (ḥe·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty in the sight לִפְנֵי֩ (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the kings מַלְכֵ֨י (mal·ḵê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4428: A king of Persia, פָרַ֜ס (p̄ā·ras) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6539: Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon giving לָֽתֶת־ (lā·ṯeṯ-) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5414: To give, put, set us new life מִֽחְיָ֗ה (miḥ·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4241: Preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick to rebuild לְרוֹמֵ֞ם (lə·rō·w·mêm) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise the house בֵּ֤ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of our God אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and repair וּלְהַעֲמִ֣יד (ū·lə·ha·‘ă·mîḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations its ruins, חָרְבֹתָ֔יו (ḥā·rə·ḇō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin and giving וְלָֽתֶת־ (wə·lā·ṯeṯ-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5414: To give, put, set us לָ֣נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's 0: 0 a wall of protection גָדֵ֔ר (ḡā·ḏêr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1447: A circumvallation, an inclosure in Judah בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה (bî·hū·ḏāh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites and Jerusalem. וּבִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel |
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