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Deuteronomy 26:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 5 Then you are to declare before Jehovah your God, ‘My father was a wandering* A·ra·maeʹan,+ and he went down to Egypt+ and resided there as a foreigner, with few in his household.+ But there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.+

Deuteronomy 26:5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 5 And you must answer and say before Jehovah your God, ‘My father was a perishing Syrian;*+ and he proceeded to go down to Egypt+ and to reside there as an alien with very few in number;+ but there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.+

Deuteronomy 26:5

The Bible in Living English
- 5 And you shall testify before your God Jehovah ‘My father was a Syrian at death’s door who went down to Egypt and settled there as an immigrant with a few people, and there he became a great and goodly and numerous nation;

Deuteronomy 26:5

American Standard Version
- 5 And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Deuteronomy 26:5

The Emphasized Bible
- 5 And thou shalt respond and say before Yahweh thy God—A Syrian ready to perish was my father, so he went down to Egypt, and became a sojourner there with men only few; but he became there a nation great, mighty, and numerous;

Deuteronomy 26:5

King James Version
- 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: