Deuteronomy 6:22 (GNV)

Passage

And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes,

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:20 When thy sonne shall aske thee in time to come, saying, What meane these testimonies, and ordinances, and Lawes, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?

Deuteronomy 6:21 Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand.

Deuteronomy 6:22 And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes,

Deuteronomy 6:23 And brought vs out from thence, to bring vs in, and to giue vs the land which he sware vnto our fathers.

Deuteronomy 6:24 Therefore the Lord hath commanded vs, to doe all these ordinances, and to feare the Lord our God, that it may goe euer well with vs, and that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "shewed", "signes", "wonders", "great", "euill", "vpon", and "egypt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "shewed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne..." into verse 23's "And brought vs out from thence to...", so "lord" and "shewed" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "shewed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.