Deuteronomy 5:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָכַרְתָּ֗֞ כִּ֣י־עֶ֤֥בֶד הָיִ֣֙יתָ֙ ׀ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔֗יִם וַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜֩ יְהוָ֤֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤֙יךָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם֙ בְּיָ֥֤ד חֲזָקָ֖ה֙ וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֑֔ה עַל־כֵּ֗ן צִוְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַׁבָּֽת

Transliteration

And-wəzākartā kî-ʿebed hāyîtā in-ʾereṣ Miṣrayim and-wayyōṣiʾăkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā from-there in-yād ḥăzāqāh and-in-zərōaʿ nəṭûyāh on-thus ṣiwwəkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā to-laʿăśôt ʾet-yôm the-šabbāt

Grammar Details

• *wəzākartā*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 2ms - and you shall remember
• *kî*: conjunction - that/for
• *ʿebed*: common noun, masculine singular - slave/servant
• *hāyîtā*: Qal perfect 2ms - you were
• *ʾereṣ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *wayyōṣiʾăkā*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3ms + 2ms suffix - and he brought you out
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: common noun, masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
• *yād*: common noun, feminine singular - hand
• *ḥăzāqāh*: adjective feminine singular - strong
• *zərōaʿ*: common noun, feminine singular - arm
• *nəṭûyāh*: Qal passive participle feminine singular - outstretched
• *ṣiwwəkā*: Piel perfect 3ms + 2ms suffix - he commanded you
• *laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to observe
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *yôm*: common noun, masculine singular construct - day of
• *šabbāt*: common noun, masculine singular - sabbath

Word Meanings

• *wəzākartā*: and you shall remember/and you shall recall/and you shall be mindful
• *ʿebed*: slave/servant/bondservant
• *wayyōṣiʾăkā*: and he brought you out/and he delivered you/and he rescued you
• *ḥăzāqāh*: strong/mighty/powerful
• *nəṭûyāh*: outstretched/extended
• *laʿăśôt*: to observe/to keep/to do

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God command thee to keep the sabbath day.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And remembre that thou wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egypte and how that the Lorde God, brought the out thence with a myghtye hande and a stretched out arme. For which cause the Lorde thy God commaundeth the to kepe the Sabbath daye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thou shalt remebre, that thou thyself also wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egipte, and how that the LORDE thy God brought the out from thence with a mightye hande, and a stretched out arme. Therfore hath the LORDE yi God commaunded ye to kepe the Sabbath daye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence by a mightie hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Remember that thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt, and howe that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence, through a mightie hande and a stretched out arme: For which cause the Lorde thy God commaunded thee to kepe the Sabbath day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and [that] the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God is bringing thee out thence by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm; therefore hath Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the day of the sabbath.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out of that land by his strong hand and his stretched-out arm: for this reason the Lord has given you orders to keep the Sabbath day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 15:15 : 15 And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
• Deut 16:12 : 12 And you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
• Deut 24:18-22 : 18 But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing. 19 When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
• Ps 116:16 : 16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds.
• Isa 51:1-2 : 1 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
• Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
• Deut 4:34-37 : 34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
• Deut 5:6 : 6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.