Deuteronomy 16:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these decrees.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ כִּי־עֶ֥בֶד הָיִ֖יתָ בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ אֶת־הֽ͏ַחֻקִּ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

wəzākartā kî-ʿebed hāyîtā bəmiṣrāyim wəšāmartā wəʿāśîtā ʾet-haḥuqqîm hāʾēlleh

Grammar Details

• *wəzākartā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall remember
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *ʿebed*: masculine singular noun - slave/servant
• *hāyîtā*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you were
• *bəmiṣrāyim*: preposition + proper noun - in Egypt
• *wəšāmartā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall observe
• *wəʿāśîtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall do
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *haḥuqqîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the statutes
• *hāʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative plural pronoun - these

Word Meanings

• *zākartā*: remember/call to mind/be mindful of
• *ʿebed*: slave/servant/subject
• *šāmartā*: observe/keep/guard
• *ḥuqqîm*: statutes/decrees/prescriptions

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And remebre that thou wast a seruaute in Egipte, that thou obserue and doo these ordinaunces.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And remembre, yt thou wast a seruaunte in Egipte, so that thou kepe and do these ordynaunces.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt: therefore thou shalt obserue and doe these ordinances.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And remember that thou wast a seruaunt in Egypt: and thou shalt obserue and do these ordinaunces.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you will keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt: and you will take care to keep all these laws.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 15:15 : 15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.
• Deut 16:15 : 15 For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.
• Lam 3:19-20 : 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall. 20 Surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me.
• Rom 6:17-18 : 17 But thanks be to God that, though you were slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18 Having been set free from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.
• Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And you were dead in your transgressions and sins. 2 In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
• Eph 2:11 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands—