Deuteronomy 6 · Verse 22

Deuteronomy 6:22

And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Deuteronomy 6:22, King James Version

Deuteronomy 6:22 in other translations

BSBBefore our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
WEBand the LORD showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
ASVand Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes;
YLTand Jehovah giveth signs and wonders, great and sad, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
DARBYand Jehovah shewed signs and wonders, great and grievous, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes;
BBEAnd the Lord did great signs and wonders against Egypt, and against Pharaoh and all his house, before our eyes:
WebsterAnd the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and distressing, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

What does Deuteronomy 6:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 6:20-25

20-25. when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying--The directions given for the instruction of their children form only an extension of the preceding counsels.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:17-25

Moses gives charge to keep God's commandments. Negligence will ruin us; but we cannot be saved without diligence. It is our interest, as well as our duty, to be religious. It will be our life. Godliness has the promise of the continuance and comfort of the life that now is, as far as it is for God's glory. It will be our righteousness. It is only through the Mediator we can be righteous before God. The knowledge of…

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Deuteronomy 6:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414
יְהוָ֡הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אוֹתֹ֣ת'o.TotsignsH226
וּ֠מֹפְתִיםU.mo.fe.timand wondersH4159
גְּדֹלִ֨יםge.do.LimgreatH1419
וְרָעִ֧ים\׀ve.ra.'Imand badH7451
בְּמִצְרַ֛יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimon EgyptH4714
בְּפַרְעֹ֥הbe.far.'Ohon PharaohH6547
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and on allH3605
בֵּית֖וֹbei.Tohousehold hisH1004
לְעֵינֵֽינוּ\׃le.'ei.Nei.nuto eyes ourH5869

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 6:22

  • Psalms 58:10-11

    The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • Psalms 91:8

    Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

  • Deuteronomy 7:19

    The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.

  • Deuteronomy 4:3

    Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

  • Exodus 14:1-31

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal–zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. …

  • Deuteronomy 3:21

    And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

  • Deuteronomy 1:30

    The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

  • Exodus 7:1-12

    And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. …

  • Psalms 135:9

    Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shewed.
4:34; Ex 7:1-12:51; 14:1-31; Ps 135:9
sore. Heb. evil. before.
1:30; 3:21; 4:3; 7:19; Ps 58:10,11; 91:8

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 6:21

    Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

  • Deuteronomy 6:22

    And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

  • Deuteronomy 6:23

    And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.

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Deuteronomy 6:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dió Jehová señales y milagros grandes y nocivos en Egipto, sobre Faraón y sobre toda su casa, delante de nuestros ojos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et l’ Éternel a opéré, devant nos yeux, des signes et des prodiges, grands et accablants, sur l’Égypte, sur le Pharaon, et sur toute sa maison;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Jehova tat vor unseren Augen große und verderbenbringende Zeichen und Wunder an Ägypten, an dem Pharao und an seinem ganzen Hause;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
fecitque signa atque prodigia magna et pessima in Ægypto contra Pharaonem, et omnem domum illius in conspectu nostro,