Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.

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.

NET Bible

But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצרי 
Mitsriy 
Usage: 30

us, and afflicted
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 83

us, and laid
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

upon us hard
קשׁה 
Qasheh 
Usage: 36

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

5 Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation. 6 And the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. 7 We cried out to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice. He saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression.

Cross References

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians put slave masters over them in order to oppress them through forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply (storage) cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:14

They made their lives bitter with backbreaking work in mortar and bricks and every kind of work in the fields. All the jobs the Egyptians gave them were brutally hard work.

Exodus 1:16

He said: When you help the Hebrew women give birth on the birth stool, if it is a son you shall put him to death. If it is a daughter, then she shall live.

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: Every son who is born must be thrown into the Nile River. However, keep every daughter alive.

Exodus 5:9

Make the work harder for these people so that they will be too busy to listen to lies.

Exodus 5:19

The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told: Do not make fewer bricks each day than you are supposed to.

Exodus 5:23

Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak for you, he has treated your people cruelly, and you have done nothing at all to rescue your people.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are Jehovah's people! He led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.

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