2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 20:17
17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You | לָכֶ֖ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| need not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| fight | לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם | lə·hil·lā·ḥêm | Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | H3898 fight, do battle |
| this | בָּזֹ֑את | bā·zōṯ | Preposition-b; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| Take up your positions | הִתְיַצְּב֣וּ | hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣə·ḇū | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural | H3320 set or station oneself, take one's stand |
| stand firm | עִמְד֡וּ | ‘im·ḏū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| and see | וּרְא֣וּ | ū·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7200 see |
| the salvation | יְשׁוּעַת֩ | yə·šū·‘aṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H3444 salvation |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| on your behalf | עִמָּכֶ֜ם | ‘im·mā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H5973 with |
| O Judah | יְהוּדָ֣ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| and Jerusalem | וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם | wî·rū·šā·lim | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| be afraid | תִּֽירְאוּ֙ | tî·rə·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3372 fear |
| or discouraged | תֵּחַ֔תּוּ | tê·ḥat·tū | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H2865 be shattered, dismayed |
| Go out | צְא֣וּ | ṣə·’ū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3318 go or come out |
| and face them | לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם | lip̄·nê·hem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
| tomorrow | מָחָר֙ | mā·ḥār | Adverb | H4279 tomorrow, in time to come |
| for the LORD | וַיהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| is with you | עִמָּכֶֽם׃ | ‘im·mā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H5973 with |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 14:13–14 · 2 Chronicles 15:2 · Isaiah 41:10 · Psalm 46:10–11 · Matthew 28:20 · Lamentations 3:26 · 2 Chronicles 32:8 · Numbers 14:9 · Romans 8:31 · Psalm 46:7 · Isaiah 30:15 · Matthew 1:23
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.