The Meaning of Deuteronomy 19:20 Explained

Deuteronomy 19:20

KJV: And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

YLT: and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;

Darby: And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.

ASV: And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And those which remain  shall hear,  and fear,  and shall henceforth  commit  no more any  such evil  among  you. 

What does Deuteronomy 19:20 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 19

1  The cities of refuge
4  The privilege thereof for the manslayer
14  The landmark is not to be removed
15  At least two witnesses are required
16  the punishment of a false witness

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 19:20 mean?

And those who remain shall hear and fear and not they shall commit hereafter again such thing evil this among you
וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים יִשְׁמְע֣וּ וְיִרָ֑אוּ וְלֹֽא־ יֹסִ֨פוּ לַעֲשׂ֜וֹת ע֗וֹד כַּדָּבָ֥ר הָרָ֛ע הַזֶּ֖ה בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ

וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים  And  those  who  remain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שָׁאַר  
Sense: to remain, be left over, be left behind.
יִשְׁמְע֣וּ  shall  hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וְיִרָ֑אוּ  and  fear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
וְלֹֽא־  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יֹסִ֨פוּ  they  shall  commit 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
לַעֲשׂ֜וֹת  hereafter 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
ע֗וֹד  again 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
כַּדָּבָ֥ר  such  thing 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הָרָ֛ע  evil 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
הַזֶּ֖ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ  among  you 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קֶרֶב  
Sense: midst, among, inner part, middle.