Deuteronomy 18:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 18:5 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 →
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
ב֗וֹ
בָּחַ֛ר
bâchar
H977
to choose
יְהוָ֥ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
מִכָּל
kôl
H3605
all
שְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ
shêbeṭ
H7626
staff
לַעֲמֹ֨ד
ʻâmad
H5975
to stand
לְשָׁרֵ֧ת
shârath
H8334
to minister
בְּשֵׁם
shêm
H8034
name
יְהוָ֛ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
ה֥וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
וּבָנָ֖יו
bên
H1121
son
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַיָּמִֽים
yôwm
H3117
day
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons for ever.
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King James Version Public Domain
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to serve in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons, all of the days.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).