King James Version
Deuteronomy 5:6 in the King James Version says “I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. bondage: Heb. servants” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. bondage: Heb. servants”
Deuteronomy 5:6 · KJV
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. bondage: Heb. servants
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I am the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which brought thee out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“from the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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