Deuteronomy 16:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt remember{H2142} that thou wast a bondman{H5650} in Egypt:{H4714} and thou shalt observe{H8104} and do{H6213} these statutes.{H2706}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt remember{H2142}{(H8804)} that thou wast a bondman{H5650} in Egypt{H4714}: and thou shalt observe{H8104}{(H8804)} and do{H6213}{(H8804)} these statutes{H2706}.

• 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 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 16:15 : 15 Seven days you shall keep a solemn feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.
• Lam 3:19-20 : 19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul still remembers them and is humbled within me.
• Rom 6:17-18 : 17 But God be thanked that though you were servants of sin, you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.
• Eph 2:1-3 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
• Eph 2:11 : 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;