Deuteronomy 26:8 BSB

Deuteronomy 26:8

Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;

KJV

And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This 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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיּוֹצִאֵ֤נוּ	vai.yo.tzi.'E.nu	and he brought out us	H3318 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
בְּיָ֤ד	be.Yad	by a hand	H3027 →
חֲזָקָה֙	cha.za.Kah	strong	H2389 →
וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ	u.viz.Ro.a'	and by an arm	H2220 →
נְטוּיָ֔ה	ne.tu.Yah	outstretched	H5186 →
וּבְמֹרָ֖א	u.ve.mo.Ra'	and by terror	H4172 →
גָּדֹ֑ל	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →
וּבְאֹת֖וֹת	u.ve.'o.Tot	and by signs	H226 →
וּבְמֹפְתִֽים׃	u.ve.mo.fe.Tim	and by wonders	H4159 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:15
  Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 6:6
  Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
- Deuteronomy 7:19
  the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same…
- Deuteronomy 7:8–9
  But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
Through
Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 24:18
  Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
- Exodus 20:2
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 5:6
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 16:12
  Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.