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New Life Version

Deuteronomy 29:16

You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the land of the nations on our way here.

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;
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 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 "Today you all stand before the Lord your God, you, your rulers, your families, your leaders, all the men of Israel, 11 your children, your wives, the stranger who is among your tents, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who gets your water. 12 You are here to take part in the agreement with the Lord your God, and in His promise which the Lord your God is making with you today. 13 So today He will make you His people. He will be your God, just as He told you and as He promised your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 14 "I am not making this agreement and this promise with you alone. 15 I am making them with those who stand here with us today before the Lord our God, and with those who are not here with us today. 16 You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the land of the nations on our way here. 17 You have seen their sinful things and their gods of wood, stone, silver and gold, which they had with them. 18 Be careful not to have any man or woman or family or group among you whose heart turns away from the Lord our God today to go and worship the gods of those nations. Do not let there be a root among you giving poison fruit and bad-tasting plants. 19 When one hears the words of this curse, he will say in his pride, ‘I have peace even though I am strong-willed in my heart.' This will destroy the land that is watered along with the dry land.

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's eyes were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in body and face.
Genesis 29:25
When the morning came, Jacob saw that it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What have you done to me? Did I not work for you for Rachel? Why have you fooled me?"
Genesis 29:32
Leah was able to have a child and she gave birth to a son. She gave him the name Reuben. For she said, "The Lord has seen my trouble. Now my husband will love me."
Genesis 30:19
Leah was going to have another child and she gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.
Genesis 31:4
So Jacob called Rachel and Leah to come to his flock in the field.
Genesis 33:2
He put the women who served him and their children in front, and Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's first-born, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:15
These are the sons who were born to Leah and Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah. He had thirty-three sons and daughters.
Genesis 49:31
There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah. There they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And there I buried Leah.
Ruth 4:11
All the people in the gate and the leaders said, "We have heard it. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built the house of Israel. May you become rich in Ephrathah and be known by all 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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