Verse List for DEU 26:5

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OET (OET-RV) Then in Yahweh’s presence you should respond, “My ancestor was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt with his smallish family, and lived there and eventually became a large and powerful people.

OET-LV And_you _will _answer and_you _will _say to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH god _of_your was_an _ʼArammiy wandering ancestor _of_my and_he/it _descended to_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_he _sojourned there (in)_men _of fewness and_he/it _was there to_(a)_nation great mighty and_numerous.

ULT And you shall respond and say to the face of Yahweh your God,
¶  ‘My father, was a wandering Aramean. And he went down to Egypt and stayed there, his people, were few, and there he became a great, mighty, and numerous nation.

UST There in Yahweh our God’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor was a nomadic man in Aram. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group when they went there, but they lived there and their descendants became a very large and powerful nation.

BSB & MSB and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE & WMBB You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father[fn] was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

NET 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.

LSV And you have answered and said before your God YHWH, My father [is] a perishing Aramean! And he goes down to Egypt, and sojourns there with few men, and becomes a great, mighty, and populous nation there;

FBV Then this is what you are to publicly declare before the Lord your God, “My father was an Aramean[fn] who moved from place to place. There were only a few of them when he and his family went to live in Egypt. But they became a large and powerful nation.

T4T Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor Jacob was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering from one place to another. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group when they went there, but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.

LEB And _⌊you shall declare_⌋[fn] and you shall say _⌊before_⌋[fn] your God, ‘My ancestor[fn] was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, and there he dwelt as an alien _⌊few in number_⌋,[fn] and there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

BBE 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:

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God: 'A wandering Aramean 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.

ASV 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.

DRA And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

YLT '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;

Drby And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy [fn]God, A perishing Aramaean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

RV And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD 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:
(And thou/you shalt/shall answer and say before the LORD thy/your 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:)

SLT 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.

Wbstr 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:

KJB-1769 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:
(And thou/you shalt/shall speak and say before the LORD thy/your 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:)

KJB-1611 And thou shalt speake and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and hee went downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And thou shalt aunswere and say before the Lorde thy God: The Syrians went about to destroy my father, and he went downe into Egypt, and so soiourned there with a fewe folke, and grewe there vnto a nation great, mightie, and full of people.
(And thou/you shalt/shall answer and say before the Lord thy/your God: The Syrians went about to destroy my father, and he went down into Egypt, and so sojourned there with a few folk/people, and grew there unto a nation great, mighty, and full of people.)

Gnva And thou shalt answere and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a small company, and grew there vnto a nation great, mightie and full of people.
(And thou/you shalt/shall answer and say before the Lord thy/your God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small company, and grew there unto a nation great, mighty and full of people.)

Cvdl Then shalt thou answere and saye before the LORDE thy God: The Syrians wolde haue destroyed my father, which wete downe in to Egipte, and was a strauger there with a small folke, and became there a nacio greate, mightie & full of people.
(Then shalt/shall thou/you answer and say before the LORD thy/your God: The Syrians would have destroyed my father, which went down in to Egypt, and was a stranger there with a small folk/people, and became there a nacio great, mighty and full of people.)

Wycl And thou schalt speke in the siyt of thi Lord God, Sirus pursuede my fadir, `which fadir yede doun in to Egipt, and was a pilgrym there in feweste noumbre; and he encreesside in to a greet folk, and strong, and of multitude without noumbre.
(And thou/you shalt/shall speak in the sight of thy/your Lord God, Sirus pursued my father, which father went down in to Egypt, and was a pilgrim there in feweste number; and he increased in to a great folk/people, and strong, and of multitude without number.)

Luth Da sollst du antworten und sagen vor dem HErr’s, deinem GOtt: Die Syrer wollten meinen Vater umbringen; der zog hinab nach Ägypten und war daselbst ein Fremdling mit geringem Volk und ward daselbst ein groß, stark und viel Volk.
(So should you(sg) answer(v) and say before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, your God: The Syrer wanted my father murder/kill; the/of_the pulled down after Egypt and what/which there a stranger with low people and what/which there a large, stark and many people.)

ClVg et loqueris in conspectu Domini Dei tui: Syrus persequebatur patrem meum, qui descendit in Ægyptum, et ibi peregrinatus est in paucissimo numero: crevitque in gentem magnam ac robustam et infinitæ multitudinis.
(and you_speak in/into/on in_sight Master of_God yours(sg): Syrus was_pursuing father mine, who/which came_down in/into/on Egypt, and there peregrinatus it_is in/into/on in_a_fewsimo number: grewque in/into/on nation great and robust and infinitæ multitude.)

UHB וְ⁠עָנִ֨יתָ וְ⁠אָמַרְתָּ֜ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗י⁠ךָ אֲרַמִּי֙ אֹבֵ֣ד אָבִ֔⁠י וַ⁠יֵּ֣רֶד מִצְרַ֔יְמָ⁠ה וַ⁠יָּ֥גָר שָׁ֖ם בִּ⁠מְתֵ֣י מְעָ֑ט וַֽ⁠יְהִי־שָׁ֕ם לְ⁠ג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל עָצ֥וּם וָ⁠רָֽב׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ἐρεῖ ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, Συρίαν ἀπέβαλεν ὁ πατήρ μου, καὶ κατέβη εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ παρῴκησεν ἐκεῖ ἐν ἀριθμῷ βραχεῖ, καὶ ἐγένετο ἐκεῖ εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πλῆθος πολύ.

BrTr and he shall answer and say before the Lord thy God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.