Deuteronomy 26:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:”
Deuteronomy 26:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 26:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 26:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.”
Deuteronomy 26:5 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 26:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And 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. ”
Deuteronomy 26:5 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 26:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean <FI>is<Fi> my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;”
Deuteronomy 26:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 26:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thyGod, A perishing Aramaean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous. ”
Deuteronomy 26:5 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 26:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And thou shalt answere and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a small company, and grew there vnto a nation great, mightie and full of people.”
Deuteronomy 26:5 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 26:5 in Context — Deuteronomy 26
3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us.
4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.
5 And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
7 And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
What Does Deuteronomy 26:5 Mean?
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