Deuteronomy 7:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Do not be afraid of them. Remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt—

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֥א תִירָ֖א מֵהֶ֑ם זָכֹ֣ר תִּזְכֹּ֗ר אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לְפַרְעֹ֖ה וּלְכָל־מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Not tîrāʾ from them; zākōr tizkōr what ʿāśâ YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā to parʿōh and to all miṣrāyim.

Grammar Details

• *tîrāʾ*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall fear
• *zākōr tizkōr*: Qal infinitive absolute + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - surely remember
• *ʿāśâ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he did
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
• *miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

• *tîrāʾ*: fear/be afraid of/dread
• *zākōr tizkōr*: surely remember/certainly remember/definitely recall
• *ʿāśâ*: did/made/performed
• *parʿōh*: Pharaoh/king of Egypt

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  You shall not be afraid of them: but shall well remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Feare the not, but remebre what the Lorde thy god dyd vnto Pharao ad vnto all Egipte,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Feare them not. Remembre what the LORDE thy God did vnto Pharao and to all the Egipcians,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt not feare them, but remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Pharaoh, and vnto all Egypt:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt not feare them: but remember what the Lorde thy God dyd vnto Pharao and vnto all Egypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt not be afraid of them: [but] shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  you shall not be afraid of them: you shall well remember what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  thou art not afraid of them; thou dost surely remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;

• World English Bible (2000)

  you shall not be afraid of them: you shall well remember what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 105:5 : 5 Remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He has spoken.
• Deut 31:6 : 6 Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
• Deut 1:29 : 29 Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified or afraid of them.'
• Ps 77:11 : 11 Then I said, 'This is my sorrow: the years of the right hand of the Most High.'
• Ps 78:11 : 11 They forgot His deeds and the wonders He had shown them.
• Ps 78:42-51 : 42 They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from their enemy, 43 when He displayed His signs in Egypt, His wonders in the fields of Zoan. 44 He turned their rivers to blood, and they could not drink from their streams. 45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. 46 He gave their crops to the caterpillar and the fruit of their labor to the locust. 47 He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with frost. 48 He gave over their cattle to the hail and their livestock to lightning. 49 He unleashed His burning anger, fury, rage, and hostility—a band of destroying angels. 50 He prepared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. 51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
• Deut 3:6 : 6 We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.
• Judg 6:13 : 13 Gideon said to him, 'Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about, saying, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.'
• Ps 27:1-2 : 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers come against me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumble and fall.
• Ps 46:1-2 : 1 For the choirmaster. A song of the sons of Korah, set to soprano voices. 2 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Ps 105:26-36 : 26 He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 27 They performed his signs among them and his wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his words. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and he killed their fish. 30 Their land teemed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies and gnats throughout their territory. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and lightning that flashed through their land. 33 He struck down their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their territory. 34 He spoke, and locusts came, young locusts without number. 35 They ate up all the vegetation in their land and consumed the fruit of their ground. 36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their strength.
• Ps 135:8-9 : 8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both human and animal. 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his officials. 10 He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—
• Ps 136:10-15 : 10 To Him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for His steadfast love endures forever. 11 And brought Israel out from among them, for His steadfast love endures forever. 12 With a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, for His steadfast love endures forever. 13 To Him who divided the Red Sea into parts, for His steadfast love endures forever. 14 And made Israel pass through its midst, for His steadfast love endures forever. 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for His steadfast love endures forever.
• Isa 41:10-14 : 10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; indeed, I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 11 Behold, all who are enraged against you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who oppose you will be as nothing and will perish. 12 You will search for your enemies, but you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing, as non-existent. 13 For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, 'Do not fear; I will help you.' 14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel. I myself will help you, declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 51:9-9 : 9 Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake, as in days of old, as in generations long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces and pierced the dragon? 10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?
• Isa 63:11-15 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who set his Holy Spirit among them, 12 who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them to gain for himself an everlasting name, 13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble; 14 like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name. 15 Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
• Exod 7:1-9 : 1 The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet." 2 You shall speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, so that he may let the Israelites go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring my armies—my people, the Israelites—out of the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 5 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them. 6 Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord commanded them. 7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. 8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 9 "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Perform a miracle,' you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.'" 10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent. 11 Pharaoh then summoned the wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their secret arts. 12 Each one threw down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. 14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go.