2 Samuel 7:14 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 7:14 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אֲנִי֙
ʼănîy
H589
I
אֶהְיֶה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לּ֣וֹ
לְאָ֔ב
ʼâb
H1
father
וְה֖וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
יִהְיֶה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
לִּ֣י
לְבֵ֑ן
bên
H1121
son
אֲשֶׁר֙
ʼăsher
H834
which
בְּהַ֣עֲוֺת֔וֹ
ʻâvâh
H5753
to twist
וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙
yâkach
H3198
to reprove
בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט
shêbeṭ
H7626
staff
אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
וּבְנִגְעֵ֖י
negaʻ
H5061
plague
בְּנֵ֥י
bên
H1121
son
אָדָֽם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
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World English Bible Public Domain
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
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King James Version Public Domain
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I, I will be a father to him, and he, he will be a son to me, that when he sins, then I will correct him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of man.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).