Exodus 3:20

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“So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.”

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BSBPD

“So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I have put forth My hand, and have smitten Egypt with all My wonders, which I do in its midst--and afterwards he doth send you away.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 3:20 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
  2. Exodus 6:1But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  3. Exodus 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  4. Exodus 7:3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
  5. Exodus 9:15For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
  6. Exodus 11:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
  7. Exodus 11:8And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
  8. Exodus 12:31Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
  9. Exodus 12:39Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
  10. Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
  11. Deuteronomy 6:22Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
  12. Judges 6:8He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  13. Judges 8:16Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
  14. Nehemiah 9:10You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
  15. Psalms 105:27They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
  16. Psalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
  17. Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  18. Psalms 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
  19. Isaiah 19:22And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
  20. Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
  21. Jeremiah 32:20You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
  22. Jeremiah 32:21You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
  23. Ezekiel 20:33As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
  24. Acts 7:1Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

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