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Literal Standard Version

Exodus 3:20

and I have put forth My hand, and have struck Egypt with all My wonders, which I do in its midst—and afterward he sends you away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Israel;   Miracles;   Moses;   Religion;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sinai;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hand, Right Hand;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Frugality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Call, Calling;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Prayer;   Sinai;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Meals;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Finger;   Rod;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Miracle;   Plagues of Egypt;   Wonder;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hand;   Miracle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I will put forth my hand and strike Mitzrayim with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of it, and after that he will let you go.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And I will stretch out my hand, and I will strike Egypt with all of my wonders that I will do in its midst, and afterward he will release you.
New Century Version
so I will use my great power against Egypt. I will strike Egypt with all the miracles that will happen in that land. After I do that, he will let you go.
New English Translation
So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.
Amplified Bible
"So I will reach out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.
New American Standard Bible
"So I will reach out with My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore will I stretch out mine hande and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will doe in the middes thereof: and after that shall he let you goe.
Legacy Standard Bible
So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wondrous deeds which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.
Contemporary English Version
So I will use my mighty power to perform all kinds of miracles and strike down the Egyptians. Then the king will send you away.
Complete Jewish Bible
But I will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do there. After that, he will let you go.
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
so I will use my great power against Egypt. I will cause amazing things to happen in that land. After I do this, he will let you go.
English Standard Version
So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it; after that he will let you go.
George Lamsa Translation
And I will stretch out my hand and smite the Egyptians with all kinds of wonders which I will do among them; and after that Pharaoh will let you go.
Good News Translation
But I will use my power and will punish Egypt by doing terrifying things there. After that he will let you go.
Christian Standard Bible®
But when I stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my miracles that I will perform in it, after that, he will let you go.
Literal Translation
And I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders, which I will do in its midst, and afterward he will send you away.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I will stretch out myne hande, & smyte Egipte wt all maner of wonders which I will do therin: after yt shal he let you go.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wyll stretche out my hande, & smyte Egypt with al my wonders whiche I wyll do in the middes therof, and after that he wyll let you go.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will doe in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you goe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and I will stretch out my hand, and smite the Egyptians with all my wonders, which I shall work among them, and after that he will send you forth.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for Y schal holde forthe myn hond, and I schal smyte Egipt in alle my marueils, whiche Y schal do in the myddis of hem; aftir these thingis he schal delyuere you.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of it, and after that he will let you go.
New King James Version
So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go.
New Living Translation
So I will raise my hand and strike the Egyptians, performing all kinds of miracles among them. Then at last he will let you go.
New Life Bible
So I will put out My hand and trouble Egypt with all the powerful works I will do there. After that he will let you go.
New Revised Standard
So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will perform in it; after that he will let you go.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then I will put forth my hand and smite Egypt, with all my wonders, which I will d in the midst thereof, - and, after that, he will send you forth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For I will stretch forth my hand, and will strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of them: after these he will let you go.
Revised Standard Version
So I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all the wonders which I will do in it; after that he will let you go.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.

Contextual Overview

16Go, and you have gathered the elderly of Israel, and have said to them: YHWH, God of your fathers, has appeared to me, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I have certainly inspected you, and that which is done to you in Egypt; 17and I say [that] I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing [with] milk and honey. 18And they have listened to your voice, and you have entered, you and [the] elderly of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you have said to him: YHWH, God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we sacrifice to our God YHWH. 19And I have known that the king of Egypt does not permit you to go, unless by a strong hand, 20and I have put forth My hand, and have struck Egypt with all My wonders, which I do in its midst—and afterward he sends you away.21And I have given the grace of this people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it has come to pass, when you go, you do not go empty; 22and [every] woman has asked from her neighbor, and from her who is sojourning in her house, [for] vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and you have put [them] on your sons and on your daughters, and have spoiled the Egyptians."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 7:1 - Acts 13:42

stretch: Exodus 6:6, Exodus 7:5, Exodus 9:15, Ezekiel 20:33

smite: Exodus 7:3, Exodus 11:9, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 6:22, Nehemiah 9:10, Psalms 105:27, Psalms 106:22, Psalms 135:8, Psalms 135:9, Isaiah 19:22, Jeremiah 32:20, Jeremiah 32:21, Acts 7:36

after that: Exodus 11:8, Exodus 12:31, Exodus 12:39, Genesis 15:14, Judges 6:8, Judges 8:16, Isaiah 26:11, Psalms 105:38

Reciprocal: Exodus 4:21 - wonders Exodus 6:1 - with a strong Exodus 10:1 - that I Exodus 11:1 - afterwards 2 Chronicles 6:32 - thy mighty Psalms 78:43 - How Psalms 89:10 - thy strong arm

Cross-References

Genesis 2:20
And the man calls names to all the livestock, and to bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man a helper has not been found as his counterpart.
Genesis 2:23
and the man says, "This at last! Bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!" For this is called Woman, for this has been taken from Man;
Genesis 5:29
and calls his name Noah, saying, "This [one] comforts us concerning our work, and concerning the labor of our hands, because of the ground which YHWH has cursed."
Genesis 16:11
and the Messenger of YHWH says to her, "Behold you [are] conceiving, and bearing a son, and have called his name Ishmael, for YHWH has listened to your affliction;
Genesis 35:18
And it comes to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calls his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
Exodus 2:10
And the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, "Because I have drawn him from the water."
1 Samuel 1:20
and it comes to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceives, and bears a son, and calls his name Samuel, for, "I have asked for him from YHWH."
Matthew 1:21
and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."
Matthew 1:23
"Behold, the virgin will conceive, and she will bring forth a Son, and they will call His Name Emmanuel," which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
Acts 17:26
He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will stretch out my hand,.... Or "therefore" e he would stretch out his mighty hand, exert his almighty power; and for this purpose was Pharaoh raised up, and his heart hardened, that God might show his power in him, and on him:

and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will do in the midst thereof: with those wondrous plagues, the amazing effects of his almighty power, which were wrought by him in the midst of Egypt, by which their land, their rivers, their persons, and their cattle, were smitten:

and after that he will let you go; this is said for their encouragement, that their faith and patience might hold out, who otherwise seeing him so obstinate and inflexible, might be ready to despair of ever succeeding.

e ו "ideo", "propterea", Noldius, p. 279.


 
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