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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Deuteronomy 29:16

For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations as you traveled.

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;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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:
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;
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

10All of you are standing today before the LORD your God-you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel, 11you children, wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water- 12so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath, 13and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you, 15but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today. 16For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations as you traveled.17You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold. 18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, 19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, 'I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.' This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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
Leah had no sparkle in her eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
Genesis 29:25
When morning came, there was Leah! "What have you done to me?" Jacob said to Laban. "Wasn't it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?"
Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now."
Genesis 30:19
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
Genesis 31:4
So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
Genesis 33:2
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:15
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
Genesis 49:31
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
Ruth 4:11
"We are witnesses," said the elders and all the people at the gate. "May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and 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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