2 Chronicles 35:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְקוֹנֵ֣ן יִרְמְיָהוּ֮ עַל־יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ כָֽל־הַשָּׁרִ֣ים ׀ וְ֠הַשָּׁרוֹת בְּקִינ֨וֹתֵיהֶ֤ם עַל־יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ עַד־הַיּ֔וֹם וַיִּתְּנ֥וּם לְחֹ֖ק עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהִנָּ֥ם כְּתוּבִ֖ים עַל־הַקִּינֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And qôn Yirmĕyāhû over Yōʾšiyyāhû and ʾāmar all the śar and the śārâ in their qînâ over Yōʾšiyyāhû until the yôm and they nātan them for ḥōq over Yiśrāʾēl and behold they are kātab upon the qînôt.

Grammar Details

• *qôn*: polel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - lamented/sang a dirge
• *Yirmĕyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jeremiah
• *Yōʾšiyyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Josiah
• *ʾāmar*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - spoke/recited
• *śar*: common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the princes/male singers
• *śārâ*: common noun, feminine plural with definite article - the female singers/princesses
• *qînâ*: common noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine plural possessive suffix - their laments/dirges
• *yôm*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
• *nātan*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive with 3rd masculine plural direct object suffix - made/appointed them
• *ḥōq*: common noun, masculine singular - statute/ordinance
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *kātab*: qal passive participle, masculine plural - written
• *qînôt*: common noun, feminine plural with definite article - the lamentations/dirges

Word Meanings

• *qôn*: lamented/sang a dirge/chanted a funeral song
• *śar*: princes/male singers/male nobles
• *śārâ*: female singers/princesses/female nobles
• *qînâ*: laments/dirges/funeral songs
• *ḥōq*: statute/ordinance/custom/regulation

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have sung about Josiah in their laments to this day. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and Ieremy bewayled Iosias, and all the synginge men and wemen, spake their lametacions ouer Iosias vnto this daye, and made a custome therof vnto this daye. Beholde, it is wrytten also amonge the Lamentacions.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Ieremiah lamented Iosiah, and al singing men and singing women mourned for Iosiah in their lamentations to this day, and made the same for an ordinance vnto Israel: and beholde, they be written in the lamentations.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Ieremia lamented Iosia, and all singing men and singing women mourned for Iosias in their lamentations to this day, and made the same lamentations an ordinaunce in Israel: and beholde they are written in the lamentations.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they [are] written in the lamentations.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 22:10 : 10 Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
• Lam 4:20 : 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was captured in their pits, of whom we said, 'Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.'
• Matt 9:23 : 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
• Jer 22:20 : 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all your lovers are destroyed.
• Job 3:8 : 8 Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up their lamentation.
• Eccl 12:5 : 5 Also when they are afraid of what is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is a burden, and desire fails: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
• Jer 9:17-21 : 17 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilled women, that they may come: 18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.' 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation. 21 For death has climbed up into our windows, and has entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.