Deuteronomy 26:5
What does Deuteronomy 26:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 26:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean <FI>is<Fi> my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thyGod, A perishing Aramaean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 7:15
And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
- Genesis 46:27
and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
- Genesis 25:20
and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
- Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Genesis 31:40
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
- Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
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