What Does Deuteronomy 26:8 Mean in the King James?
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Mitzrayim carries the sense of narrowing, and the verse reveals deliverance as the LORD bringing people out with an arm already extended toward them.
THE MEANING
When the verse says “us,” you are included in a living movement out of what constricts you. The strength comes from the LORD’s hand and extended reach; the signs and wonders mark a release that does not depend on your own escape effort. Mitzrayim carries the image of the narrow place, and the movement is toward room to live.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that what confines you is final, or that you must first free yourself before release can reach you.
THE ROOT
וַיּוֹצִאֵנוּ
wayyotsi’enu
GROWS FROM
י־צ־א
y-ts-ʾ
To go out or come forth; in this verb form, to bring someone out.
English can make “brought us forth” sound like a change of location, but יצא names the act of going out itself. Mitzrayim’s name carries the narrowing; the verse’s central movement is out of it.
ALSO GROWS
yetzi’ah: Going out, departure
יְצִיאָה
The same root makes the verse’s deliverance a movement across the boundary of what confines.
motsa: An outlet, origin, or place of going out
מוֹצָא
This branch echoes the opening created by being brought out.
נְטוּיָה
netuyah
GROWS FROM
נ־ט־ה
n-ṭ-h
To stretch out, extend, or incline.
“outstretched” in this verse is netuyah. The arm is not withdrawn or waiting at a distance; its posture is already extended. The root gives the release a reach that enters the place of constriction.
ALSO GROWS
natah: To stretch out or incline
נָטָה
This verb names the extending action carried by the arm in the verse.
matteh: A staff or rod; also a tribe
מַטֶּה
The branch connects extension with an instrument of authority, deepening the force carried by the outstretched arm.
מוֹרָא
mora
GROWS FROM
י־ר־א
y-r-ʾ
To fear or stand in awe.
“great terribleness” in this verse is mora. The verse places awe alongside signs and wonders, showing that this release carries overwhelming force. When God is the one before whom awe is felt, the root holds reverence together with fear.
ALSO GROWS
yare: To fear or stand in awe
יָרֵא
This verb names the response of awe that the verse’s “great terribleness” evokes.
yir’ah: Fear or awe
יִרְאָה
This noun carries the same response into the experience surrounding the signs and wonders.
THE PATTERN
Release is the LORD’s active movement of people from constriction into open ground.
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.THE THREAD
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:“Bring you out” uses the same יצא root as “brought us forth,” and the stretched-out arm echoes this verse’s extended reach. Together, they show release as an active bringing out from under what weighs you down.
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