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2 Chronicles 25:4

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 25:4 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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But he didn't put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    But he didn't put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    But their sons he did not put to death for as it is written in the law, in the scroll of Moses, whom Yahweh commanded saying, “Fathers must not die on account of their sons, and sons must not die on account of their fathers, but each for his sin, they must die.”

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    But he didn't put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Yet 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.”
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Yet 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.”
  • King James Version Public Domain
    But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    But he slewe not their children, but did as it is written in the Lawe, and in the booke of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not dye for the children, neyther shall the children die for the fathers, but euery man shall dye for his owne sinne.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    But he slew not their children, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, saying: The fathers shall not be slain for the children, nor the children for their fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and their sons he hath not put to death, but `did' as is written in the law, in the book of Moses, whom Jehovah commanded, saying, `Fathers do not die for sons, and sons die not for fathers, but each for his own sin they die.'
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and he has not put their sons to death, but [did] as is written in the Law, in the Scroll of Moses, whom YHWH commanded, saying, “Fathers do not die for sons, and sons do not die for fathers, but they each die for his own sin.”
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    But he did not put the children of the murderers to death, but acted according to what was written in the law, in the Book of Moses, as Yahweh had commanded, “The fathers must not die for the children, nor must the children die for the fathers. Instead, every person must die for his own sin.”
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    But their sons he did not put to death for as it is written in the law, in the scroll of Moses, whom Yahweh commanded saying, “Fathers must not die on account of their sons, and sons must not die on account of their fathers, but each for his sin, they must die.”
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    But their children he did not put to death, but [did] according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, wherein Jehovah commanded saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, nor shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    But he didn’t put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the Torah in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.”
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law of the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    However, he did not kill their sons, as is written in the Law, in the book of Moses, where the Lord commanded: “Fathers must not be executed for their children, and children must not be executed for their fathers. Everyone is to die for their own sin.”
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    But he did not put their children to death, for he kept the orders of the Lord recorded in the book of the law of Moses, saying, The fathers are not to be put to death for their children or the children for their fathers, but a man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying: 'The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.'

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בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ
chêṭᵉʼ
H2399
“in/at · sin · his”
Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Preposition + Noun
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Gender
Masculine
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Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2398

TWOT: 638a

sin - sin - guilt for sin - punishment for sin
  1. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  2. בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם bên H1121 “sons · their” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  3. לֹ֣א lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  4. הֵמִ֑ית mûwth H4191 “to die” Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  5. כִּ֣י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  6. כַכָּת֣וּב kâthab H3789 “like/as the · written” Preposition, Determined + Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  7. בַּתּוֹרָ֡ה tôwrâh H8451 “in/at the · law” Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  8. בְּסֵ֣פֶר çêpher H5612 “in/at · book of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  9. מֹשֶׁה֩ Môsheh H4872 “Moses” Noun, Proper
  10. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  11. צִוָּ֨ה tsâvâh H6680 “to command” Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  12. יְהוָ֜ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  13. לֵאמֹ֗ר ʼâmar H559 “to say” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  14. לֹא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  15. יָמ֨וּתוּ mûwth H4191 “to die” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  16. אָב֤וֹת ʼâb H1 “fathers” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  17. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  18. בָּנִים֙ bên H1121 “sons” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  19. וּבָנִים֙ bên H1121 “and · sons” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  20. לֹא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Negative
  21. יָמ֣וּתוּ mûwth H4191 “to die” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  22. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  23. אָב֔וֹת ʼâb H1 “fathers” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  24. כִּ֛י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  25. אִ֥ישׁ ʼîysh H376 “man” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  26. יָמֽוּתוּ mûwth H4191 “to die” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural

About this verse

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27
words
17
distinct lemmas
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Shared distinctive vocabulary

בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ sin H2399 occurs in 34 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 7 verbs
  • 11 nouns
  • 2 prepositions
  • 2 conjunctions
  • 5 particles

Verb forms

  • הֵמִ֑ית Hiphil · Perfect
  • כַכָּת֣וּב Qal · Participle Passive
  • צִוָּ֨ה Piel · Perfect
  • לֵאמֹ֗ר Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • יָמ֨וּתוּ Qal · Imperfect
  • יָמ֣וּתוּ Qal · Imperfect
  • יָמֽוּתוּ Qal · Imperfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • הֵמִ֑ית to die H4191 ×4
  • בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם son H1121 ×3
  • אָב֤וֹת father H1 ×2
  • עַל upon H5921 ×2
  • לֹ֣א not H3808 ×3
  • כִּ֣י that H3588 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 53 words from the Hebrew and 52 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 27 Hebrew tokens and 36 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 25:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
  • Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
  • 2 Kings 14:5–6 It happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father:
  • Jeremiah 31:29–30 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
  • Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 25:4 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאֶת בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א הֵמִ֑ית כִּ֣י כַכָּת֣וּב בַּתּוֹרָ֡ה בְּסֵ֣פֶר מֹשֶׁה֩ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא יָמ֨וּתוּ אָב֤וֹת עַל בָּנִים֙ וּבָנִים֙ לֹא יָמ֣וּתוּ עַל אָב֔וֹת כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ יָמֽוּתוּ

But he didn't put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.

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Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 25:4 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ υἱός αὐτός οὐ ἀποκτείνω κατά ὁ διαθήκη ὁ νόμος κύριος καθώς γράφω ὡς ἐντέλλω κύριος λέγω οὐ ἀποθνήσκω πατήρ ὑπέρ τέκνον καί υἱός οὐ ἀποθνήσκω ὑπέρ πατήρ ἀλλά ἤ ἕκαστος ὁ ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτία ἀποθνήσκω

But he killed not their sons, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, as it is written, and as the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but they shall die each for his own sin.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 25:4 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

That is, for that fault wherefore the child is punished, except he be culpable of the same.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(4) But he slew not their children.—The verse coincides almost exactly with 2Ki_14:6. Literally, And their sons he put not to death; but according to what is written in the Torah, in the book of Moses, which Jehovah commanded, &c. The reference is evidently to Deu_24:16, which is more exactly repeated in Kings than here.

But every man shall die for his own sin.—Literally, But, each for (in) his own sin, shall they be put to death. Kings has the singular.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

4. he slew not their children] R.V. he put not their children to death.

as it is written] R.V. according to that which is written; i.e. in Deu_24:16 (cp. Eze_18:20).

where the Lord] R.V. as the LORD.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Slew not their children. Emphasis (the emphasis of mention, at any rate) is laid upon this, perhaps partly to show that Amaziah did in some measure walk by "the Law of the Lord," and partly because of numerous cases that had grown up to the opposite 2Ki_9:8, 2Ki_9:26; Jos_7:24, Jos_7:25, where, however, very possibly all were more or less aiders and abettors of the wickedness). For Moses" clearly written rehearsal of "the commandment of the Lord," on this subject, see the marginal references, Deu_24:16; Jer_31:29, Jer_31:30; Eze_18:4, Eze_18:19, Eze_18:20.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 27 words (17 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is chêṭᵉʼ (“sin”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word chêṭᵉʼ carries the sense “sin.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. How does Genesis 41:9, which shares the word «sin», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “to die” (4× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  5. «הֵמִ֑ית» is a Hiphil Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Geneva Bible (1599) and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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