1 Samuel 4:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.”
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“Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Woe to us, who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods? these <FI>are<Fi> the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 4:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 7:5And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
- Exodus 9:14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 15:14The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
- 1 Samuel 5:7And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
- Psalms 78:43when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).