Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:
My father was a wandering Aramean.
New American Standard Bible
You shall answer and say before the Lord your God, ‘
King James Version
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
International Standard Version
Then you are to affirm and declare in the presence of the LORD your God:
A Conservative Version
And thou shall answer and say before LORD thy God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number. And he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
Amplified
And you shall say before the Lord your God, ‘My father [Jacob] was a wandering Aramean, and he [along with his family] went down to Egypt and
Bible in Basic English
And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
Darby Translation
And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou didst answer and say before Jehovah thy God, An unfortunate Syrian my father; and he went down into Egypt, and he will sojourn there with a few men, and will be there into a great nation, mighty and many.
King James 2000
And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, An Aramean ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {you shall declare} and you shall say {before} your God, 'My ancestor [was] a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, and there he dwelt as an alien {few in number}, and there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall speak and say before Jehovah your God, My father was a Syrian ready to perish. And he went down to Egypt, and stayed there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and many.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD thy God, 'The Syrians would have destroyed my father, and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few folk and grew there unto a nation great, mighty and full of people.
NET Bible
Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.
New Heart English Bible
You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, "A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
The Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt respond and say before Yahweh thy God - A Syrian ready to perish, was my father, so he went down to Egypt, and became a sojourner there with men only few; but he became there a nation great, mighty and numerous;
Webster
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down to Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
World English Bible
You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, "A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean is my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;
Themes
First fruits » Presented at the tabernacle
First fruits » To be offered as a thank-offering upon entrance into the land of promise
Interlinear
`anah
Paniym
'elohiym
'abad
'ab
Yarad
Guwr
M@`at
Gadowl
References
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 26:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
4
“Then the priest will take the container from your hand and place it before the altar of the Lord your God.
5 You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:
My father was a wandering Aramean.
Cross References
Genesis 43:1-2
Now the famine in the land was severe.
Genesis 46:27
All those of Jacob’s household who had come to Egypt: 70
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all,
Genesis 43:12
Take twice as much money with you. Return the money that was returned to you in the top of your bags. Perhaps it was a mistake.
Genesis 45:7
God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:11
There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.”’
Hosea 12:12
Israel worked to earn a wife;
he tended flocks for a wife.
Acts 7:15
and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,
Genesis 24:4
but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
Genesis 25:20
Isaac was 40 years old when he took as his wife Rebekah
Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart: “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob deceived
Genesis 31:24
But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. “Watch yourself!” God warned him. “Don’t say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
Genesis 31:40
There I was—the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
Genesis 46:1-7
Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba,
Genesis 47:27
Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.
Exodus 1:5
The total number of Jacob’s descendants
Exodus 1:7
But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous
Exodus 1:12
But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread
Deuteronomy 7:7
“The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Psalm 105:23-24
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
Isaiah 51:1-2
you who seek the Lord:
Look to the rock from which you were cut,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.