Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

King James Version

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Holman Bible

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

International Standard Version

Remember to do this because you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I'm commanding you to do this."

A Conservative Version

And thou shall remember that thou were a bondman in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command thee to do this thing.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Amplified

You shall [thoughtfully] remember [the fact] that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

Bible in Basic English

Keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Julia Smith Translation

And remember that thou wert a servant in the land of Egypt: for this I command thee to do this word. shall be to thee, so that thy days shall be prolonged upon the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee.

King James 2000

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, therefore I [am] commanding you to do this thing."

Modern King James verseion

And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I command you to do this thing.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt: wherefore I command thee to do this thing.

NET Bible

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.

New Heart English Bible

You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

The Emphasized Bible

so shalt thou remember that a servant, becamest thou in the land of Egypt, - therefore, am I commending thee to do this thing.

Webster

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

World English Bible

You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.

Youngs Literal Translation

and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And thou shalt remember
זכר 
Zakar 
Usage: 231

that thou wast a bondman
עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

of Egypt
מצרים 
Mitsrayim 
Usage: 681

צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

References

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Consideration For People In Need

21 “When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. 22 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:18

But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 5:14-15

but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

Deuteronomy 7:8

but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
Who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were hewn
And to the quarry from which you were dug.

2 Corinthians 8:8-9

I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.

Ephesians 5:1-2

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

1 John 4:10-11

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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