2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 25:4
4Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”a
Footnotes
- a 25:4 Deuteronomy 24:16|DEU 24:16
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yet | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| he did not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| put their sons | בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם | bə·nê·hem | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| to death | הֵמִ֑ית | hê·mîṯ | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H4191 die |
| but | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| according to what is written | כַכָּת֣וּב | ḵak·kā·ṯūḇ | Preposition-k, Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular | H3789 write |
| in the Law | בַּתּוֹרָ֡ה | bat·tō·w·rāh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
| in the Book | בְּסֵ֣פֶר | bə·sê·p̄er | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H5612 missive, document, writing, book |
| of Moses | מֹשֶׁה֩ | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| where | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֜ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| commanded | צִוָּ֨ה | ṣiw·wāh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| Fathers | אָב֤וֹת | ’ā·ḇō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H1 father |
| must not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| be put to death | יָמ֨וּתוּ | yā·mū·ṯū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H4191 die |
| for | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| their children | בָּנִים֙ | bā·nîm | Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| and children | וּבָנִים֙ | ū·ḇā·nîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H1121 son |
| must not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| be put to death | יָמ֣וּתוּ | yā·mū·ṯū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H4191 die |
| for | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| their fathers | אָב֔וֹת | ’ā·ḇō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H1 father |
| each | אִ֥ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| is to die | יָמֽוּתוּ׃פ | yā·mū·ṯū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H4191 die |
| for his own sin | בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ | bə·ḥeṭ·’ōw | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H2399 sin |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 24:16 · Ezekiel 18:20 · Jeremiah 31:29–30 · 2 Kings 14:5–6 · Ezekiel 18:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.