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Exodus 3:20
20So 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.
Exodus 3:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Exodus 3:20
18The elders [of the tribes] will listen and pay attention to what you say; and you, with the elders of Israel, shall go to the king of Egypt and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; so now, please, [we ask and plead with you,] let us go on a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless [he is forced] by a strong hand. 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. 21And I will grant this people favor and respect in the sight of the Egyptians; therefore, it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. 22But every woman shall [insistently] ask her neighbor and any woman who lives in her house, for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and daughters. In this way you are to plunder the Egyptians [leaving bondage with great possessions that are rightfully yours].”
Read all of Exodus 3Exodus 3:20 word by word
וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֤י אֶת־יָדִי֙ וְהִכֵּיתִ֣י אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּכֹל֙ נִפְלְאֹתַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֖ן יְשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will stretch outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: reachH7971
- my handיָדyâd · handH3027
- and smiteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- with all my wondersפָּלָאpâlâ' · to wonderH6381
- which I will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- thereof: and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
Cross-references for Exodus 3:20
- Exodus 6:6Therefore, say to the children of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will free you from their bondage. I will redeem and rescue you with an outstretched (vigorous, powerful) arm and with great acts of judgment [against Egypt].
- Exodus 7:5The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
- Exodus 9:15For by now I could have put out My hand and struck you and your people with a pestilence, and you would then have been cut off (obliterated) from the earth.
- Ezekiel 20:33“As I live,” says the Lord God, “most certainly with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be King over you.
- Exodus 7:3And I will make Pharaoh’s heart hard, and multiply My signs and My wonders (miracles) in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 11:9Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders (miracles) may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any [man-made] god ever tried to go and take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes?
- Deuteronomy 6:22Moreover, the Lord showed great and terrible signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household;
- Nehemiah 9:10Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that they behaved arrogantly toward them (the Israelites), And You made a name for Yourself, as it is to this day.
- Psalms 105:27They exhibited His wondrous signs among them, Great miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt).
- Psalms 106:22Wonders in the land of Ham, Awesome things at the Red Sea.
- Psalms 135:8Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and animal;
- Isaiah 19:22The Lord will strike Egypt, striking but healing it; so they will return to the Lord, and He will respond to them and heal them.
- Jeremiah 32:20who set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day [continues to do so] both in Israel and among mankind; and You have made a name for Yourself, as at this day.
- Acts 7:36This man led them out [of Egypt] after performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
- Acts 7:1Now the high priest asked [Stephen], “Are these charges true?”
Commentaries on Exodus 3:20
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart, and opens the ear, could say beforehand, They shall hearken to thy voice; for he would make them willing in this day of power. As to Pharaoh, Moses is here told that petitions and persuasions, and humble complaints, would not prevail with him; nor a mighty hand stretched out in signs and wonders. But those will certainly be broken by the power…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21God’s power would be obvious, and the Egyptians would not only allow the Hebrews to leave, they would pay them to do so.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2210-22. Come now therefore, and I will send thee--Considering the patriotic views that had formerly animated the breast of Moses, we might have anticipated that no mission could have been more welcome to his heart than to be employed in the national emancipation of Israel. But he evinced great reluctance to it and stated a variety of objections [Ex 3:11, 13; 4:1, 10] all of which were successfully met and removed--and the happy issue of his labors was…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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