King James Version

2 Chronicles 15:7

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

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וְאַתֶּ֣םveatemand theeאַתָּהconjunction, pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.חִזְק֔וּchizqvbe constantחָזַקverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be constant”, a commandH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintai…וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יִרְפּ֖וּyirpvabateרָפָהverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “abate”, a wish or indirect commandH7503to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495 (רָפָא).יְדֵיכֶ֑םyedeykhemhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […כִּ֛יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יֵ֥שׁyeshareיֵשׁparticle, demonstrative — “are”H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)(there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.שָׂכָ֖רsakharhireשָׂכָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “hire”, the ordinary formH7939payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefithire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽםlifulatkhemto workפְּעֻלָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6468(abstractly) worklabour, reward, wages, work.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands he weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὑμεῖς ἰσχύσατε, καὶ μὴ ἐκλυέσθωσαν αἱ χεῖρες ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἔστι μισθὸς τῇ ἐργασίᾳ ὑμῶν.