Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBut in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel? Young's Literal Translation ‘And if not, from fear of [this] thing we have done it, saying, Hereafter your sons do speak to ours sons, saying, What to you and to Jehovah God of Israel? King James Bible And if we have not [rather] done it for fear of [this] thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? Hebrew But in factוְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not we have done עָשִׂ֥ינוּ (‘ā·śî·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make this זֹ֖את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, for fear מִדְּאָגָה֙ (mid·də·’ā·ḡāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1674: Anxiety, anxious care that in the future מָחָ֗ר (mā·ḥār) Adverb Strong's 4279: Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter your descendants בְנֵיכֶ֤ם (ḇə·nê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son might say לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say to ours, לְבָנֵ֙ינוּ֙ (lə·ḇā·nê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1121: A son ‘What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have you to do לָּכֶ֕ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew with the LORD, וְלַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel? יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc |