Deuteronomy 6:21

Deuteronomy 6:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
• New International Version (NIV)tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then you shall say to your son, 'We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;

Context of Deuteronomy 6:21

19by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken. 20“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the Lord our God commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand. 22Moreover, the Lord showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household; 23He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.’

Deuteronomy 6:21 word by word

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ עֲבָדִ֛ים הָיִ֥ינוּ לְפַרְעֹ֖ה בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֧נוּ יְהוָ֛ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם בְּיָ֥ד חֲזָקָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• then you shall sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to your sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• We were slavesעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• to Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• broughtיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• with a mightyחָזָקchâzâq · strongH2389
• handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 6:21

• Deuteronomy 5:6‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 15:15You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today.
• Deuteronomy 26:5You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty and populous nation.
• Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Nehemiah 9:9“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea.
• Psalms 136:10To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
• Isaiah 51:1“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, Who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were hewn And to the quarry from which you were dug.
• Jeremiah 32:20who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have made a name for Yourself, as at this day.
• Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,
• Ephesians 2:11Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands--
• Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion.
• Exodus 13:3Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-25Verses 10-25 The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger; (1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and (2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors. The former error Moses strives to guard…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 Moses gives charge to keep God's commandments. Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence. It is our interest, as well as our duty, to be religious. It will be our life. Godliness has the promise of the continuance and comfort of the life that now is, as far as it is for God's glory. It will be our righteousness. It is only through the Mediator we can be righteous before God. The knowledge of the spirituality and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21The phrase a mighty hand is an anthropomorphism. An anthropomorphism is a way of speaking about God as if he had human features or actions (see study note on 8:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2520-25. when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying--The directions given for the instruction of their children form only an extension of the preceding counsels.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 6:21

• Blessing
• Obedience
• Parents
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Child
• Diligently
• Tempt
• Frontlets, or Phylacteries
• statute

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6

• 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