Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders;
- KJV And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
- NKJV So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.
- NASB and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs and wonders;
- NLT So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.
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God brought Israel out of Egypt with a mighty hand and outstretched arm, with signs and wonders. The exodus is the great act of redemption Israel must confess.
Overview
The worshiper's confession reaches its climax in God's powerful deliverance from slavery, marked by plagues and miracles. This language of mighty hand and outstretched arm becomes the standard shorthand for God's saving power throughout Scripture. The exodus prefigures the greater redemption accomplished by Christ, who delivers His people from bondage to sin and death by His own mighty saving work.
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- Deut 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Exod 12:51And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
- Ps 106:7–10Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
- Exod 14:16–31And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
- Exod 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
- Exod 12:41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- Ps 105:27–38They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Deut 5:15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
- Ps 78:12–13He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Exod 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- Isa 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
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