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

4Then the priest will take the basket from you and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 5You will make this formal statement in the presence of the Lord your God: “My ancestors were wandering Arameans. There were only a few of them when they went to Egypt and lived as foreigners. But then they became a great, powerful, and large nation. So the Egyptians treated us cruelly, oppressed us, and made us do back-breaking work for them. 7We cried out to the Lord God of our ancestors, and he heard us. He saw our misery, suffering, and oppression. 8Then the Lord used his mighty hand and powerful arm to bring us out of Egypt. He used spectacular and awe-inspiring deeds, miraculous signs, and amazing things.

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 you are the people the Lord brought out of Egypt, the iron smelter, in order to make you his own people as you still are today.
• Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians put slave drivers in charge of them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
• Exodus 5:9Make the work harder for these people so that they will be too busy to listen to lies.”

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