Exodus 3:20

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

18When you say that, the leaders of the Israelites will listen to you. Then you must go with them to the king of Egypt. Say to him, “The Lord God has met with us. He is the God that we, the Israelite people, worship. So let us go on a journey into the wilderness. That will be a journey of three days. We must offer sacrifices to the Lord our God there.” 19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go. Only some great power will make him agree. So I will show him my power! I will do powerful miracles to punish the Egyptians. When they see that, Pharaoh will let you go free. 21More than that, I will cause the Egyptians to think well of you, my own people. So when you leave Egypt, they will give you many gifts. 22All the Israelite women will ask their Egyptian friends to give them things. They will ask the women who live near them and those who live with them in their houses. They will ask for silver things, gold things and beautiful clothes. Then you will take those things and you will dress your sons and your daughters with them. In that way, you will take many valuable things away from the Egyptians.’

Exodus 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 6:6So you must say this to the Israelites: “I am the Lord. I will remove you from the power of the Egyptians. You will not have to do hard work to serve them as their slaves any more. I will use my strength to save you and I will punish the Egyptians.
• Exodus 7:5Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord. I will show my great strength in Egypt and I will lead the Israelites out from there.’
• Exodus 9:15Already I could have used my power to destroy you and your people. With one very bad trouble, I could have removed you from the earth.
• Ezekiel 20:33The Almighty Lord says, I promise you this, as surely as I live: I will use my great power and authority to rule you as your King. You will know how angry I am!
• Exodus 7:3But I will make Pharaoh's mind become hard. I will do many miracles in Egypt that show my power.
• Exodus 11:9The Lord had already said to Moses, ‘Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you. But that will give me the chance to do even greater miracles in Egypt.’
• Deuteronomy 4:34No other god has tried to rescue a nation from the power of another nation. The Lord your God did this for you when you were in Egypt. You saw how he used his great authority and strength to punish the Egyptians. He did powerful miracles. He brought war and disease that made them very afraid.
• Deuteronomy 6:22We saw him do great and powerful miracles that brought trouble to the Egyptians, and to Pharaoh himself and his family.
• Nehemiah 9:10You did great miracles to show your power against Pharaoh, his officers and all his people. You knew that they were being cruel to your people. You showed everyone that you are a great God. And people still know that it is true.
• Psalms 105:27Moses and Aaron did many miracles in Egypt, where Ham's descendants lived. They showed the Lord's great power to the Egyptians.
• Psalms 106:22He had done powerful things in the land of Ham's descendants, and at the shore of the Red Sea. His people forgot about all that!
• Psalms 135:8God destroyed the firstborn sons in Egypt, both men and animals.
• Isaiah 19:22The Lord himself will punish the Egyptians. But after that, they will turn to the Lord. He will answer their prayers, and he will make them well again.
• Jeremiah 32:20You did powerful miracles in Egypt, and we still remember them today. In this way you continue to be famous in Israel and everywhere in the world.
• Acts 7:36So it was Moses who led the people of Israel out of Egypt. He did some powerful things before the people left Egypt. This showed that God was with him. He did more miracles at the Red Sea. Then he led the people through the wilderness for 40 years. He also did more miracles there.
• Acts 7:1The most important priest said to Stephen, ‘These men are saying things against you. Are these things 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