11 translations · Hebrew
Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
Exodus 19:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
- KJV King James Version
- Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And now, if you really listen to My voice, then you have kept My covenant, and have been a special treasure to Me more than all the peoples, for all the earth [is] Mine;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth [is] Mine;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples — for all the earth is mine —
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Now | H6258 עַתָּ֫ה now |
| אִם־ | ’im- | if | H518 אִם if |
| שָׁמ֤וֹעַ | šā·mō·w·a‘ | you will indeed obey | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| תִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ | tiš·mə·‘ū | — | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| בְּקֹלִ֔י | bə·qō·lî | My voice | H6963 קוֹל voice |
| וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם | ū·šə·mar·tem | and keep | H8104 שָׁמַר to keep: obey |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| בְּרִיתִ֑י | bə·rî·ṯî | My covenant | H1285 בְּרִית covenant |
| וִהְיִ֨יתֶם | wih·yî·ṯem | you will be | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| לִ֤י | lî | My | H9005 ל to/for |
| סְגֻלָּה֙ | sə·ḡul·lāh | treasured possession | H5459 סְגֻלָּה possession |
| מִכָּל־ | mik·kāl | out of all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים | hā·‘am·mîm | the nations | H5971 עַם people |
| כִּי־ | kî- | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| לִ֖י | lî | is Mine | H9005 ל to/for |
| כָּל־ | kāl- | the whole | H3605 כֹּל all |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | hā·’ā·reṣ | earth | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 26:18
Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments.
- Exodus 15:26
and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
- Malachi 3:17
They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
- Deuteronomy 10:14
Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
- Psalm 135:4
For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.
- Exodus 23:22
But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
- Deuteronomy 4:20
But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today.
- Exodus 9:29
Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him out of the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.
5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
7 Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him.
Read all of Exodus 19 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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