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Deuteronomy 10:19

Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖םvaahavtemand loveאָהַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and love”, a completed action in a sequenceH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַגֵּ֑רhagerthe alienגֵּרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the alien”, the ordinary formH1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigneralien, sojourner, stranger.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…גֵרִ֥יםgerimalienגֵּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “alien”, the ordinary formH1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigneralien, sojourner, stranger.הֱיִיתֶ֖םheyitembeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִצְרָֽיִםmitsrayimEgyptמִצְרַיִםnoun, proper name — “Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.

World English Bible

Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Darby Translation

And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims

And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Love ye therefore the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall love the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀγαπήσετε τὸν προσήλυτον· προσήλυτοι γὰρ ἦτε ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.