Deuteronomy 10:19
17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- KJV
- Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
- BLB
- And you⁺ shall love the sojourner, for you⁺ were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
- ÅB
- Derfor skal også dere elske den fremmede; dere har selv vært fremmede i Egypt.
- OTB
- Vis kjærlighet til dem som er fremmede, for dere var selv fremmede i Egypt.
- B1930
- Derfor skal også I elske den fremmede; I har selv vært fremmede i Egyptens land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 19:33–34
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Read in contextExodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextJames 2:15–16
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Read in context1 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?
Read in contextGalatians 6:10
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Read in contextLuke 17:18
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Read in contextLuke 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.
Read in contextLuke 10:28–37
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
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