Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.” Young's Literal Translation If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days. King James Bible If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. Hebrew “Only ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not this הָאֵ֛לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those fixed order הַחֻקִּ֥ים (ha·ḥuq·qîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute departed יָמֻ֜שׁוּ (yā·mu·šū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4185: To depart, remove from My presence, מִלְּפָנַ֖י (mil·lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel would Israel’s יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc descendants זֶ֨רַע (ze·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity ever כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every cease יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ (yiš·bə·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion to be מִֽהְי֥וֹת (mih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a nation גּ֛וֹי (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts before Me.” לְפָנַ֖י (lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face |