Exodus 20:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצֵאתִ֛יךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣֥ית עֲבָדִ֑͏ֽים׃

Transliteration

ʾānōḵî YHWH ʾĕlōheḵā ʾăsher hôṣēʾṯîḵā mē-ʾereṣ miṣrayim mib-bêṯ ʿăḇāḏîm

Grammar Details

• *ʾānōḵî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper name - LORD/YHWH
• *ʾĕlōheḵā*: masculine plural noun construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *ʾăsher*: relative pronoun - who/that
• *hôṣēʾṯîḵā*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I brought you out
• *mē-ʾereṣ*: preposition + noun construct - from land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *mib-bêṯ*: preposition + noun construct - from house of
• *ʿăḇāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - slaves/servants

Word Meanings

• *ʾānōḵî*: I (emphatic form)
• *YHWH*: Yahweh/LORD/the Eternal
• *ʾĕlōheḵā*: your God/your deity
• *hôṣēʾṯîḵā*: I brought you out/rescued you/delivered you
• *bêṯ ʿăḇāḏîm*: house of slaves/place of servitude/bondage

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I am Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} who brought{H3318} thee out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the house{H1004} of bondage.{H5650}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I am the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, which have brought{H3318}{(H8689)} thee out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, out of the house{H1004} of bondage{H5650}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte ad out of the house of bondage.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I am the LORDE thy God, which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from ye house of bondage.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I am the Lord thy GOD, whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, out of ye house of bondage.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I `am' Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

Referenced Verses

• Hos 13:4 : 4 But I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; you are to know no God but me, and there is no Savior besides me.
• Ps 81:10 : 10 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
• Exod 13:3 : 3 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day when you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for the LORD brought you out of here with a mighty hand. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
• Lev 19:36 : 36 Use honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
• Deut 5:6 : 6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deut 5:15 : 15 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.
• Deut 7:8 : 8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your ancestors, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• Deut 26:6-8 : 6 But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor. 7 Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice. He saw our suffering, our toil, and our oppression. 8 So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders.
• Lev 26:13 : 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to them; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.
• Deut 13:10 : 10 Instead, you must put him to death. Your hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hand of all the people.
• 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.
• Lev 23:43 : 43 so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
• Lev 26:1 : 1 Do not make idols for yourselves, or set up a carved image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and do not place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Exod 10:1-9 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, so that I may perform these signs of mine among them." 2 And so that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your grandson how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and about the signs I performed among them, so that you will know that I am the LORD. 3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.' 4 If you refuse to let my people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. 5 They will cover the surface of the ground so that it cannot be seen, and they will devour what little is left after the hail, including every tree growing in your fields. 6 They will fill your houses, the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land until now." Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh. 7 Pharaoh's officials said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may worship the LORD their God. Don’t you realize that Egypt is ruined?" 8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "Go, worship the LORD your God," he said. "But tell me, who will be going?" 9 Moses answered, "We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the LORD." 10 Pharaoh said, "The LORD be with you—if I let you go along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on disaster." 11 No! Just the men may go and worship the LORD, since that's what you are asking for." And Pharaoh drove them out of his presence. 12 And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt so that locusts may swarm over the land and consume every plant that the hail has left." 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and night. By morning, the wind had brought the locusts. 14 The locusts came up over the entire land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of the land in such large numbers that they had never been seen before, nor will they ever be seen again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that it was darkened. They devoured every plant in the land, all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on a tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
• Deut 6:4-5 : 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
• Ps 50:7 : 7 Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles too.
• Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches to all who call on Him.
• Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, declares the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.