Exodus 20:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior besides me.
• Ps 81:10 : 10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
• Exod 13:3 : 3 And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: no leavened bread shall be eaten.
• Lev 19:36 : 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you shall have: 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, from the house of bondage.
• Deut 5:15 : 15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
• Deut 7:8 : 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• Deut 26:6-8 : 6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 7 And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: 8 And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
• Lev 26:13 : 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you stand upright.
• Deut 13:10 : 10 And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• 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.
• Lev 23:43 : 43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.
• Lev 26:1 : 1 You shall make no idols nor carved image, neither set up a standing image, nor shall you set up any image of stone in your land to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Exod 10:1-9 : 1 And the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I may show these my signs before him: 2 And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD. 3 And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 But if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory: 5 And they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one will not be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the rest of what is left to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree that grows for you out of the field: 6 And they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth to this day. And he turned and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed? 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? 9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go; for we must hold a feast to the LORD. 10 And he said to them, The LORD be with you, if I let you go, and your little ones; look to it, for evil is before you. 11 Not so; go now, you who are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left. 13 And Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the territory of Egypt; they were very grievous; before them there were no locusts like them, nor after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and no green thing remained in the trees or in the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
• Deut 6:4-5 : 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
• Ps 50:7 : 7 Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,
• Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.
• Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.