Deuteronomy 26:6

Deuteronomy 26:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
• New International Version (NIV)But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.

Context of Deuteronomy 26:6

4“Then the priest will take the basket from you and place it before the altar of the Lord your God. 5You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation. But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, and forced us to do hard labor. 7So we called out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our cry and saw our misery, hardship, and oppression. 8Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.

Deuteronomy 26:6 word by word

וַיָּרֵ֧עוּ אֹתָ֛נוּ הַמִּצְרִ֖ים וַיְעַנּ֑וּנוּ וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עֲבֹדָ֥ה קָשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Egyptiansמִצְרִיmitsrîy · EgyptianH4713
• evil entreatedרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• us, and afflictedעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
• us, and laidנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• upon us hardקָשֶׁהqâsheh · severeH7186
• bondageעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: workH5656

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:6

• Deuteronomy 4:20But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.
• Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
• Exodus 5:9Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Under the covenant, God required his people to give him tribute every year, or even more often. Because Israel was an agricultural society, God asked for offerings of animals, crops, or grain. This tribute celebrated the great redemption of the Israelites during the exodus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152. Thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth--The Israelites in Canaan, being God's tenants-at-will, were required to give Him tribute in the form of first-fruits and tithes. No Israelite was at liberty to use any productions of his field until he had presented the required offerings. The tribute began to be exigible after the settlement in the promised land, and it was yearly repeated at one of the great feasts (Le 2:14; 23:10; 23:15; Nu…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 26:6

• First Fruits
• Patriotism

In the dictionaries

• Heaven
• Meatoffering
• Ready
• Tithe
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• First-Fruits
• Genesis
• Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardly

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings