The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 15:7 Explained

2 Chronicles 15:7

KJV: Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

YLT: and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'

Darby: But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.

ASV: But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Be ye strong  therefore, and let not your hands  be weak:  for your work  shall be  rewarded. 

What does 2 Chronicles 15:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 15

1  Asa, with Judah and many of Israel, moved by the prophecy of Azariah,
12  make a solemn covenant with God
16  He puts down Maachah his grandmother for idolatry
18  He brings dedicated things into the house of God, and enjoys a long peace

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 15:7 mean?

But you be strong and not do let be weak your hands for shall be rewarded your work -
וְאַתֶּ֣ם חִזְק֔וּ וְאַל־ יִרְפּ֖וּ יְדֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֛י יֵ֥שׁ שָׂכָ֖ר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם ס

וְאַתֶּ֣ם  But  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, second person masculine plural
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
חִזְק֔וּ  be  strong 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
וְאַל־  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
יִרְפּ֖וּ  do  let  be  weak 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָפָה  
Sense: to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened.
יְדֵיכֶ֑ם  your  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine plural
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
יֵ֥שׁ  shall  be 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יֵשׁ  
Sense: being, existence, substance, there is or are.
שָׂכָ֖ר  rewarded 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂכָר  
Sense: hire, wages.
לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם  your  work 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: פְּעֻלָּה  
Sense: work, recompense, reward.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation