Deuteronomy 26:6
What does Deuteronomy 26:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 26:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;
Context
v.5And 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.
v.6This passage
v.7and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 5:23
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
- Exodus 5:9
Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard lying words.
- Exodus 1:16
and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
- Deuteronomy 4:20
But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
- Exodus 1:11
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.
- Exodus 1:22
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
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