Parallel Verses
World English Bible
You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 24:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Consideration For People In Need
21 When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 You shall remember that you were a bondservant in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:18
but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
Deuteronomy 5:14-15
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
Deuteronomy 7:8
but because Yahweh loves you, and because he would keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, has Yahweh brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Isaiah 51:1
"Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.
2 Corinthians 8:8-9
I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
Ephesians 5:1-2
Be therefore 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 as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.