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

4The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the Lord your God. 5“You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation. When the Egyptians oppressed and humiliated us by making us their slaves, 7we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors. He heard our cries and saw our hardship, toil, and oppression. 8So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous 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 4:20Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.
• Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
• Exodus 5:9Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them 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