Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Holman Bible
But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.
International Standard Version
"A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, who went down to Egypt and traveled there with very few family members, yet there he became a great, powerful, and populous nation. But the Egyptians oppressed us, afflicted us, and assigned us to hard labor.
A Conservative Version
And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.
American Standard Version
And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Amplified
And the Egyptians treated us badly and oppressed us, and imposed hard labor on us.
Bible in Basic English
And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:
Darby Translation
And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;
Julia Smith Translation
And the Egyptians did us evil, and humbled us, and they will distribute to us hard service.
King James 2000
And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the Egyptians treated us badly, and they oppressed us and imposed on us hard labor.
Modern King James verseion
And the Egyptians ill-treated us, and afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the Egyptians vexed us and troubled us, and laded us with cruel bondage.
New Heart English Bible
The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage:
The Emphasized Bible
and the Egyptians, badly entreated us, and humiliated us, - and put upon us harsh service;
Webster
And the Egyptians ill-treated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
World English Bible
The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage:
Youngs Literal Translation
and the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;
Themes
First fruits » Presented at the tabernacle
First fruits » To be offered as a thank-offering upon entrance into the land of promise
Interlinear
Ra`a`
References
Hastings
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 26:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
5 Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor. 7 So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 1:11
So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Exodus 1:14
They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
Exodus 1:16
"When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live."
Exodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live."
Exodus 5:9
Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!"
Exodus 5:19
The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, "You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks."
Exodus 5:23
From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have certainly not rescued them!"
Deuteronomy 4:20
You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.