2 Samuel 7:14TAB

2 Samuel 7 : 14 Fatherhood | Sonship | Discipline
14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC)
2 Samuel 7:14:1אֲנִי֙aniI
2 Samuel 7:14:2אֶהְיֶה־לּ֣וֹeheyeloI will be to him 2 Samuel 7:14:3לְאָ֔בleavas a father 2 Samuel 7:14:4וְה֖וּאvehuand he 2 Samuel 7:14:5יִהְיֶה־לִּ֣יyihyeliwill be to me 2 Samuel 7:14:6לְבֵ֑ןlevenas a son 2 Samuel 7:14:7אֲשֶׁר֙asherwhen or which 2 Samuel 7:14:8בְּהַ֣עֲוֺת֔וֹbehaavotoin his doing iniquity or in his sinning 2 Samuel 7:14:9וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙vehokhakhtiyothen I will reprove him or discipline him 2 Samuel 7:14:10בְּשֵׁ֣בֶטbeshevetwith the rod 2 Samuel 7:14:11אֲנָשִׁ֔יםanashimof men 2 Samuel 7:14:12וּבְנִגְעֵ֖יuvenigeand with the blows or and with the wounds of 2 Samuel 7:14:13בְּנֵ֥יbenesons of 2 Samuel 7:14:14אָדָֽם׃adamman or humankind
14. Formal Translation
I {Yahweh, Covenant Father} will be a Father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of man.
14. Dynamic Translation
I {Yahweh, Disciplining Sustainer} will act as his Father, and he will be like a son to Me. If he does wrong, I will discipline him using human authority and by means of punishments people inflict.
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