Dayenu - English

If He had brought us out from Egypt,
and had not carried out judgments against them,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had carried out judgments against them,
and not against their idols,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had destroyed their idols,
and had not smitten their first-born,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had smitten their first-born,
and had not given us their wealth
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had given us their wealth,
and had not split the sea for us,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had split the sea for us,
and had not taken us through it on dry land,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had taken us through the sea on dry land,
and had not drowned our oppressors in it,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had drowned our oppressors in it,
and had not supplied our needs in the desert for forty years,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had supplied our needs in the desert for forty years,
and had not fed us the manna,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had fed us the manna,
and had not given us the Sabbath,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had given us the Sabbath,
and had not brought us before Mount Sinai,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had brought us before Mount Sinai,
and had not given us the Torah,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had given us the Torah,
and had not brought us into the land of Israel,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!

If He had brought us into the land of Israel,
and not built for us the Holy Temple,
Dayenu, it would have sufficed!


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu