Exodus 9:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.”
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BSBPD
“Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“still thou art exalting thyself against My people--so as not to send them away;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Exodus 9:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
- Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
- 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!
- Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
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