Deuteronomy 26:7
in Deuteronomy 26So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;
KJV
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:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis was a great salvation, fit to be remembered upon all occasions, and particularly upon this; they need not grudge to bring a basket of first-fruits to God, for to him they owed it that they were not now bringing in the tale of bricks to their cruel task-masters.
This site's exposition
But the Egyptians mistreated us
on Deuteronomy 26:6-8
The confession turns to the first person plural here and stays there. A farmer born in the land says the Egyptians “mistreated us and afflicted us”.
This site's exposition
saw our affliction, toil, and oppression
The suffering is named three ways, affliction, toil and oppression, and the LORD saw all three. Henry notes that the man bringing his basket owed it to that rescue that he no longer made bricks for Egyptian taskmasters. No Israelite need grudge the basket.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when we cried unto the Lord our God,.... As they did by reason of their hard bondage, Exo 2:23, and the Lord heard our voice, and looked upon our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression; with a look of pity and compassion, heard their cries, answered their petitions, and sent them a deliverer, Exo 2:25.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַנִּצְעַ֕ק | vanitzak | and we cried out | H6817 → | 55 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ | ʾavoteinu | ancestors our | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע | vaiyishma' | and he heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קֹלֵ֔נוּ | kolenu | voice our | H6963 → | 506 times |
| וַיַּ֧רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עָנְיֵ֛נוּ | ʾaneyenu | affliction our | H6040 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲמָלֵ֖נוּ | ʾamalenu | toil our | H5999 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃ | lachatzenu | oppression our | H3906 → |
וַנִּצְעַ֕קand we cried out
vanitzakH6817 →55 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּancestors our
ʾavoteinuH1 →1212 times
וַיִּשְׁמַ֤עand he heard
vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קֹלֵ֔נוּvoice our
kolenuH6963 →506 times
וַיַּ֧רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עָנְיֵ֛נוּaffliction our
ʾaneyenuH6040 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֲמָלֵ֖נוּtoil our
ʾamalenuH5999 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
לַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃oppression our
lachatzenuH3906 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
it leads to
- Genesis 18:20–21
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Exodus 3:7–9
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Acts 7:30
After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
- Genesis 18:20–21
Through
Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
it leads to
- Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Proverbs 22:22–23
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Exodus 1:11
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- Exodus 1:13–14
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
- Exodus 2:23
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.