Psalms 78:42

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“They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,”

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BSBPD

“They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“They have not remembered His hand The day He ransomed them from the adversary.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:42 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
  2. Exodus 14:12Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  3. Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
  4. Judges 8:34The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
  5. Psalms 78:11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
  6. Psalms 78:21Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
  7. Psalms 106:7Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
  8. Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
  9. Psalms 136:10He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
  10. Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  11. 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.

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

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