Ezekiel 20:5 
Context| NET © | and say to them: “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore 1 to the descendants 2 of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore 3 to them, “I am the Lord your God.” |
| NIV © | and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore with uplifted hand to the descendants of the house of Jacob and revealed myself to them in Egypt. With uplifted hand I said to them, "I am the LORD your God." |
| NASB © | and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when I chose Israel and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God, |
| NLT © | Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel and revealed myself to her in Egypt, I swore that I, the LORD, would be her God. |
| MSG © | Tell them that GOD, the Master, says: "'On the day I chose Israel, I revealed myself to them in the country of Egypt, raising my hand in a solemn oath to the people of Jacob, in which I said, "I am GOD, your personal God." |
| BBE © | And say to them, This is what the Lord has said: In the day when I took Israel for myself, when I made an oath to the seed of the family of Jacob, and I gave them knowledge of myself in the land of Egypt, saying to them with an oath, I am the Lord your God; |
| NRSV © | and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob—making myself known to them in the land of Egypt—I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God. |
| NKJV © | "Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob, and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them, saying, ‘I am the LORD your God.’ |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | and say <0559> to them, 'Thus <03541> says <0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <03068> , "On the day <03117> when I chose <0977> Israel <03478> and swore <05375> of the house <01004> of Jacob <03290> and made <03045> Myself known <03045> to them in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> , when I swore <05375> , I am the LORD <03068> your God ,<0430> |
| HEBREW | |
| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | and say <0559> to them <0413> : “‘This is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says: On the day <03117> I chose <0977> Israel <03478> I swore <05375> to the descendants <02233> of the house <01004> of Jacob <03290> and made myself known <03045> to them in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> . I swore <05375> to them, “I am <0589> the Lord <03068> your God .”<0430> |
| NET © | and say to them: “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore 1 to the descendants 2 of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore 3 to them, “I am the Lord your God.” |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.” 2 tn Heb “seed.” 3 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.” |
