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Deuteronomy 26:6
6And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;
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
4And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God. 5And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage; 7and we cried to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression; 8and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;
Read all of Deuteronomy 26Deuteronomy 26:6 word by word
וַיָּרֵ֧עוּ אֹתָ֛נוּ הַמִּצְרִ֖ים וַיְעַנּ֑וּנוּ וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עֲבֹדָ֥ה קָשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 26:6
- Deuteronomy 4:20But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.
- Exodus 1:11And they set over them service-masters to oppress them with their burdens. And they built store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Rameses.
- Exodus 5:9Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain 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
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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
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