Exodus 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.”
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““Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel <FI>is<Fi> more numerous and mighty than we;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 1:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 22:4So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Psalms 105:24And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,
- Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
- Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- Ecclesiastes 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- James 4:5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
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