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the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Bishop's Bible

Deuteronomy 29:16

For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt, and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by:

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gomorrha;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Euphemism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Indeed, you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations where you traveled.
Hebrew Names Version
(for you know how we lived in the land of Mitzrayim, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
King James Version
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
Lexham English Bible
For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the midst of the nations that you traveled through.
English Standard Version
"You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed.
New Century Version
You know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries when we came here.
New English Translation
"(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.
Amplified Bible
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the nations along the way;
New American Standard Bible
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
Geneva Bible (1587)
For ye knowe, how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed thorowe the middes of the nations, which ye passed by.
Legacy Standard Bible
for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
Contemporary English Version
When we lived in Egypt, you saw the Egyptians worship disgusting idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold. Then as we traveled through other nations, you saw those people worship other disgusting idols.
Complete Jewish Bible
and you saw their detestable things and their idols of wood, stone, silver and gold that they had with them.
Darby Translation
(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations which ye passed;
Easy-to-Read Version
You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt. And you remember how we traveled through the countries that were on our way here.
George Lamsa Translation
(For you know how we have sojourned in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;
Good News Translation
"You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations.
Literal Translation
For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations through which you passed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte, and how we came thorow the myddes of the Heythen, whom ye passed by,
American Standard Version
(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;
Bible in Basic English
(For you have in mind how we were living in the land of Egypt; and how we came through all the nations which were on your way;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them--
King James Version (1611)
(For ye know how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came thorow the nations which ye passed by.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, how we came through the midst of the nations through whom ye came.
English Revised Version
(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;
Berean Standard Bible
For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations as you traveled.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ye witen hou we dwelliden in the lond of Egipt, and how we passiden bi the myddis of naciouns; whiche ye passiden,
Young's Literal Translation
for ye have known how ye dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed by through the midst of the nations which ye have passed by;
Update Bible Version
(for you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
Webster's Bible Translation
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
World English Bible
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
New King James Version
(for you know that we dwelt in the land of Egypt and that we came through the nations which you passed by,
New Living Translation
"You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the lands of enemy nations as we left.
New Life Bible
You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the land of the nations on our way here.
New Revised Standard
You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
(For, ye, know, how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, - and how we passed through the midst of the nations which ye did pass through;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,
Revised Standard Version
"You know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;

Contextual Overview

10 Ye stande this day euery one of you before the Lorde your God: your captaynes, your tribes, your elders, your officers, and all the men of Israel: 11 Your childre also, your wiues, and the straunger that is in thine hoast, from the hewer of thy wood, vnto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God, and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day: 13 For to make thee a people vnto hym selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath sayde vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob. 14 I make not this bonde and this othe with you only: 15 But both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the Lorde our God, and also with hym that is not here with vs this day. 16 For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt, and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by: 17 And ye haue seene their abhominations, and their idols, wood and stone, siluer and golde, which were among them. 18 Lest there be among you man or woman, kinrede or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lorde our God, to go and serue the gods of these nations: and lest there be among you some roote that beareth gall and wormewood. 19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe, he blesse hym selfe in his heart, saying: I shall haue peace, I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart: to put the drunken to the thirstie.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

through the nations: Deuteronomy 2:4, Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19, Deuteronomy 2:24, Deuteronomy 3:1, Deuteronomy 3:2

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 16:26 - with the Ezekiel 20:7 - defile Ezekiel 23:3 - in Egypt

Cross-References

Genesis 29:17
Lea was tender eyed: but Rachel was beautifull and well fauoured.
Genesis 29:25
And when the mornyng was come, beholde it was Lea. Then sayde he to Laban: Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? dyd not I serue thee for Rachel? wherfore then hast thou begyled me?
Genesis 29:32
And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne, and she called his name Ruben: for she sayde, the Lord hath loked vpon my tribulation: nowe therfore my husband wyll loue me.
Genesis 30:19
And Lea conceaued yet agayne, and bare Iacob the sixt sonne.
Genesis 31:4
Therfore Iacob sent, & called Rachel and Lea to the fielde vnto his flocke,
Genesis 33:2
And he put the handmaydens & theyr chyldren formost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost.
Genesis 35:23
The sonnes of Lea: Ruben Iacobs first borne sonne, and Simeon, & Leui, and Iuda, and Isachar, and Zabulon.
Genesis 46:15
These be the children of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia, with his daughter Dina. All the soules of his sonnes and daughters, [make] thirtie and three.
Genesis 49:31
Where as were buried Abraham and Sara his wyfe, and where as were buried Isahac and Rebecca his wife: & there I buried Lea.
Ruth 4:11
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, sayde, We are witnesses: The Lord make the woma that is come into thyne house, lyke Rahel and Lea, whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel: & that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata, and be famous in Bethlehem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt,.... How long they and their fathers had dwelt there, the number of years they had been in the land, as the Targum of Jonathan, which was upwards of two hundred years; and being a country the inhabitants of which were much given to idolatry, they had seen many of their idols, and much of their idolatrous worship; and their hearts had been apt to be ensnared by it, and the minds of some tinctured with it, and the remembrance thereof might make ill impressions on them; to remove or prevent which this covenant was made:

and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; as the Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, and Midianites, as Aben Ezra observes, through whose borders they came, as they passed by their countries in their journeys in the wilderness.


 
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