Yahweh brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders;
Parallel translations
- 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:
- BSB Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and 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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Quick answer
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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Exod 12:51That same day, Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
- Ps 106:7–10Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
- Exod 14:16–31Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.
- Exod 13:3Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Exod 12:41At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the day, all of Yahweh’s armies went out from the land of Egypt.
- Ps 105:27–38They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Deut 5:15You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
- Ps 78:12–13He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Exod 12:37The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.
- Isa 63:12Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
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