Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionWe have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GWe stretched out our hand to Mitzrayim; to Ashshur — to have our fill of bread.
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageWe reached out our hands to Egypt, to Assyria — just to get enough bread to eat.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWe submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Footnotes
נָתַנּוּ יָד (natanu yad, 'gave/extended a hand') is a fixed idiom for submission and treaty-making — stretching out the hand to a foreign power in vassalage. The shame is multilayered: Israel now begs bread from the very powers that once enslaved or threatened her, inverting the Exodus narrative entirely. The F.O.G preserves the Hebrew place-names Mitzrayim and Ashshur; the F.O.G Message uses traditional English names whilst retaining the full weight of the humiliation.
