New King James Version
Exodus 3:20
20So 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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)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.
Context of Exodus 3:20
18Then they will heed your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’ 19But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand. 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. 21And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be, when you go, that you shall not go empty-handed. 22But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, namely, of her who dwells near her house, articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.”
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; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
- Exodus 7:5And the 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 9:15Now if I had stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, then you would have been cut off from the earth.
- Ezekiel 20:33“As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.
- Exodus 7:3And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 11:9But the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not heed you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 6:22and the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household.
- Nehemiah 9:10You showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants, And against all the people of his land. For You knew that they acted proudly against them. So You made a name for Yourself, as it is this day.
- Psalms 105:27They performed His signs among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
- Psalms 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea.
- Psalms 135:8He destroyed the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast.
- Isaiah 19:22And the Lord will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the Lord, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.
- Jeremiah 32:20You have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, to this day, and in Israel and among other men; and You have made Yourself a name, as it is this day.
- Acts 7:36He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Acts 7:1Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
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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