KJV King James Version
I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
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Leviticus 26:13
I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
WEB World English Bible
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
ASV American Standard Version
I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I am Jehovah your God, who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, from being their servants; and I break the bars of your yoke, and cause you to go erect.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 26
10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
13 I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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אֲנִ֞יH589 · a.niIיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗םH430 · e.lo.himGodאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichהוֹצֵ֤אתִיH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֶתְכֶם֙H853 · et[Obj.]מֵאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptמִֽהְיֹ֥תH1961 · ha.yahto beלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemעֲבָדִ֑יםH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙H7665 · sha.varto breakמֹטֹ֣תH4133 · mo.tahyokeעֻלְּכֶ֔םH5923 · olyokeוָאוֹלֵ֥ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶתְכֶ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת׃ פH6968 · qo.me.miy.yutuprightness
Cross-references
Ezekiel 34:27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.Leviticus 25:38I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.Psalm 116:16O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.Exodus 20:2I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Jeremiah 2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.1 Corinthians 6:19-20What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?Psalm 81:6-10I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.Leviticus 25:55For unto me the children of Israel [are] servants; they [are] my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.Isaiah 51:23But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.Leviticus 25:42For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
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