Exodus 18:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.”
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“Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how Jehovah delivered them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which hath found them in the way, and Jehovah doth deliver them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 18:8 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 44:34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
- Exodus 2:25God saw the Israelites and took notice.
- Exodus 15:6Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
- Exodus 15:22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- Exodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
- Exodus 18:1Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Exodus 23:23For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
- Numbers 20:14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- Nehemiah 9:9You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- Nehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
- Psalms 66:16Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
- Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
- Psalms 78:42They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
- Psalms 81:7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
- Psalms 105:1Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- Psalms 106:8Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
- Psalms 106:10He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
- Psalms 145:4One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
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