Deuteronomy 10:19
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:19 in other translations
| BSB | So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. |
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| WEB | Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. |
| ASV | Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. |
| YLT | ‘And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt. |
| DARBY | And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt. |
| BBE | So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt. |
| Webster | Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. |
What does Deuteronomy 10:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:10-22
10-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:12-22
We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We…
Deuteronomy 10:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 10:19
- Leviticus 19:33-34
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
- Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- James 2:15-16
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
- 1 John 3:17-18
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
- Galatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
- Luke 17:18
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
- Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- Luke 10:28-37
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. …
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Context
- Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Deuteronomy 10:19
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 10:20
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 10:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Amaréis pues al extranjero: porque extranjeros fuisteis vosotros en tierra de Egipto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et vous aimerez l’étranger; car vous avez été étrangers dans le pays d’Égypte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihr sollt den Fremdling lieben; denn ihr seid Fremdlinge gewesen im Lande Ägypten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et vos ergo amate peregrinos, quia et ipsi fuistis advenæ in terra Ægypti. |