^11:7For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me.¹⁹ I warned them again and again,²⁰ ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day.

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Footnotes

19 Heb “warned them … saying, ‘Obey me.’ ” However, it allows the long sentence to be broken up easier if the indirect quote is used.
20 For the explanation for this rendering see the note on .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, “Obey me.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again, ‘Obey me.’

NLTNew Living Translation

For I solemnly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, “Obey me!” I have repeated this warning over and over to this day,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for I solemnly admonished your ancestors in the day of my leading them out from the land of Egypt and up to this day, admonishing persistently, saying, “Obey my voice.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

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