Exodus 9:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.”

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BSBPD

“The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and there is hail, and fire catching itself in the midst of the hail, very grievous, such as hath not been in all the land of Egypt since it hath become a nation.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 9:24 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
  2. Exodus 10:6They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
  3. Job 38:23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
  4. Psalms 18:13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
  5. Psalms 105:32He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.
  6. Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
  7. Ezekiel 1:4I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
  8. Matthew 24:21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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