Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
- KJV Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
- NKJV “Yet I am the Lord your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me.
- NASB ¶Yet I have been the Lord your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior besides Me.
- NLT “I have been the Lord your God ever since I brought you out of Egypt. You must acknowledge no God but me, for there is no other savior.
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Quick answer
The LORD reaffirms that he alone is Israel's God and Savior since Egypt, and there is no other. It declares God's exclusive claim and his role as the only Redeemer.
Overview
Echoing the first commandment, God insists that Israel acknowledge no god but him. The declaration "besides me there is no savior" affirms that salvation is found in him alone. This points directly to Christ, in whom the one God savingly reveals himself, for there is salvation in no one else.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Isa 45:21–22Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Hos 12:9But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
- Exod 20:2–3“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Isa 43:10–13“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
- Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- Ps 81:9–10There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
- Isa 44:6–8Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
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