Deuteronomy 10:19

Deuteronomy 10:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Context of Deuteronomy 10:19

17For the Lord your God rules all other gods. He is the Lord over all other lords. He is great and powerful. We should respect him and obey him. He is fair to everyone. He will not accept any bribes! 18He brings justice to widows and to children who have no family. He loves the foreign people who live among you. He gives them food to eat and clothes to wear. You too must love the foreign people who live among you. Remember that you also lived as foreigners in Egypt at one time. 20Respect and obey the Lord your God. Serve him faithfully. If you make a promise, only use his name to do that. 21He is the one that you should praise. He is the God that you worship. He has done great and powerful things to help you, and you saw him do them.

Deuteronomy 10:19 word by word

וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הַגֵּ֑ר כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• ye therefore the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 10:19

• Exodus 22:21Never be cruel to a foreign person or give them trouble. Remember that you yourselves lived in Egypt as foreigners.
• Leviticus 19:33A foreign person may live in your land. You must be kind to him or to her.
• Luke 6:35No! I am telling you to love people that want to hurt you. Do good things to them. Lend things to people even though you may not receive your things back again. Then God will prepare good things for you. He is kind even to people who do not say “thank you”. He is kind even to very bad people. If you live like this, you will show that you really are children of the powerful God who is over all.
• Luke 10:28‘You have told me the right answer,’ Jesus said. ‘If you do this, you will have true life with God.’
• Luke 17:18But only this one man came back to thank God. And he is a foreign man from Samaria!’
• Galatians 6:10Because of all that, we must help everyone when we have the chance. Certainly we must do good things to help our friends who believe in Christ, as we do.
• James 2:15For example, maybe a believer does not have enough clothes to wear or enough food to eat.
• 1 John 3:17When another believer has trouble, we need to be kind to him. Maybe you have all the things that you need to live. If you see another believer who needs things like that, you should help him. If you refuse to be kind to him, it shows that you do not belong to God. You do not love people in the way that God loves them.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10:19

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We must give honour to God; and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2210-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 10:19

• Aliens
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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Alien
• Exodus
• Praise
• Terrible
• Aaron
• Gentiles
• Stranger

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings