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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Contemporary English Version

Deuteronomy 6:22

We saw him perform miracles and make horrible things happen to the king, his officials, and everyone else.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Obedience;   Parents;   The Topic Concordance - Teaching;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Children;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Family;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Teach, Teacher;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Child;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Frontlets;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Discipline;   Miracles, Signs, Wonders;   Mission(s);   Sign;   Sore;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Education;   Ethics;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood of Jesus;   Wicked;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Child;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Wonder;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Miracle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and the LORD shown signs and wonders, great and sore, on Mitzrayim, on Par`oh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
King James Version
And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh gave great and awesome signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and against his entire household in our presence.
English Standard Version
And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes.
New Century Version
The Lord showed us great and terrible signs and miracles, which he did to Egypt, the king, and his whole family.
New English Translation
And he brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family before our very eyes.
Amplified Bible
'Moreover, the LORD showed great and terrible signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household;
New American Standard Bible
'Moreover, the LORD provided great and terrible signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes,
Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, Yahweh showed great and calamitous signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household;
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai worked great and terrible signs and wonders against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household, before our very eyes.
Darby Translation
and Jehovah shewed signs and wonders, great and grievous, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes;
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord did great and amazing things. We saw him do these things to the Egyptian people, to Pharaoh, and to the people in Pharaoh's house.
George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD wrought signs and great wonders, and plagues in Egypt against Pharaoh and against all his army, before our eyes;
Good News Translation
With our own eyes we saw him work miracles and do terrifying things to the Egyptians and to their king and to all his officials.
Christian Standard Bible®
Before our eyes the Lord inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household,
Literal Translation
And Jehovah gave signs and great and grievous wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household, before our eyes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and the LORDE did greate & euell tokens & wonders in Egipte vpo Pharao and all his house before oure eyes,
American Standard Version
and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes;
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord did great signs and wonders against Egypt, and against Pharaoh and all his house, before our eyes:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde shewed signes, and wonders, great and euyll vpon Egypt, vpon Pharao, and vpon all his householde, before our eyes:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes.
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord shewed signes and wonders, great and sore vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his houshold, before our eyes:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord wrought signs and great and grievous wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and on his house before us.
English Revised Version
and the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes:
Berean Standard Bible
Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he dide myraclis, and grete wondris, and werste, `that is, moost peyneful veniaunces, in Egipt, ayens Farao and al his hows, in oure siyt.
Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah giveth signs and wonders, great and sad, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
Update Bible Version
and Yahweh showed signs and wonders, great and intense, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and distressing, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
World English Bible
and Yahweh shown signs and wonders, great and sore, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
New King James Version
and the LORD showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household.
New Living Translation
The Lord did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes, dealing terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people.
New Life Bible
The Lord showed us great and powerful works against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all those of his house.
New Revised Standard
The Lord displayed before our eyes great and awesome signs and wonders against Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his household.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Yahweh put forth signs and wonders great and sore upon Egypt upon Pharaoh and upon all his household before our eyes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he wrought signs and wonders great and very grievous in Egypt against Pharao, and all his house, in our sight,
Revised Standard Version
and the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Moreover, the LORD showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household;

Contextual Overview

17 Always obey the laws that the Lord has given you 18and live in a way that pleases him. Then you will be able to go in and take this good land from your enemies, just as he promised your ancestors. 20 Someday your children will ask, "Why did the Lord give us these laws and teachings?" 21 Then you will answer: We were slaves of the king of Egypt, but the Lord used his great power and set us free. 22 We saw him perform miracles and make horrible things happen to the king, his officials, and everyone else. 23 The Lord rescued us from Egypt, so he could bring us into this land, as he had promised our ancestors. 24That's why the Lord our God demands that we obey his laws and worship him with fear and trembling. And if we do, he will protect us and help us be successful.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

showed: Deuteronomy 4:34, Exodus 7:1 - Exodus 12:51, Exodus 14:1-31, Psalms 135:9

sore: Heb. evil

before: Deuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 3:21, Deuteronomy 4:3, Deuteronomy 7:19, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 91:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:14 - that Exodus 3:20 - smite Psalms 78:12 - Marvellous Psalms 78:43 - How Psalms 106:21 - which Jeremiah 32:20 - hast set Acts 7:36 - after

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:4
The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.
Genesis 6:7
and he said, "I'll destroy every living creature on earth! I'll wipe out people, animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them."
Genesis 6:8
But the Lord was pleased with Noah,
Genesis 7:5
Noah was six hundred years old when he went into the boat to escape the flood, and he did everything the Lord had told him to do. His wife, his sons, and his daughters-in-law all went inside with him.
Genesis 7:16
just as God had told him to do. And when they were all in the boat, God closed the door.
Genesis 17:23
On that same day Abraham obeyed God by circumcising Ishmael. Abraham was also circumcised, and so were all other men and boys in his household, including his servants and slaves. He was ninety-nine years old at the time, and his son Ishmael was thirteen.
Exodus 40:16
Moses followed the Lord 's instructions.
Exodus 40:19
then the two layers of coverings were hung over them.
Exodus 40:21
The chest was brought into the tent and set behind the curtain in the most holy place. These things were done exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and sore,.... Meaning the ten plagues, which were signs of the power of God, marvellous works, great, above the power of nature, and very sore or "evil" y; very distressing to the Egyptians; for they came and lay heavy

upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes; upon the king, his courtiers, and the whole land, and which were done publicly in the sight of the people of Israel, as well as the Egyptians; and there were some then living, though at that time when wrought under twenty years, who saw with their own eyes what were done to them, and could never forget them. Here also the Targum of Jonathan has it,

"and the Word of the Lord sent signs, c''

y ורעים "et pessima", V. L. Junius Tremellius "et noxia", Tigurine version "et mala", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger;

(1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and

(2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors.

The former error Moses strives to guard against in the verses before us; the latter in Deuteronomy 7:1-11.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The command “to swear by His Name” is not inconsistent with the Lord’s injunction Matthew 5:34, “Swear not at all.” Moses refers to legal swearing, our Lord to swearing in common conversation. It is not the purpose of Moses to encourage the practice of taking oaths, but to forbid that, when taken, they should be taken in any other name than that of Israel’s God. The oath involves an invocation of Deity, and so a solemn recognition of Him whose Name is made use of in it. Hence, it comes especially within the scope of the commandment Moses is enforcing.

Deuteronomy 6:25

It shall be our righteousness - i. e., God will esteem us as righteous and deal with us accordingly. From the very beginning made Moses the whole righteousness of the Law to depend entirely on a right state of the heart, in one word, upon faith.


 
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