Deuteronomy 24:22
What does Deuteronomy 24:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 24:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Remember that thou also wast a bondman in Egypt, and therefore I command thee to do this thing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Context
v.21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
- 1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- Deuteronomy 24:18
but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 5:14
but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.
- Isaiah 51:1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.
- Deuteronomy 7:8
but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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