Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
Parallel translations
- WEB and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
- KJV And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
- NKJV and the Lord showed signs and wonders before our eyes, great and severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household.
- NASB Moreover, the Lord provided great and terrible signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh, and all his household;
- NLT The Lord did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes, dealing terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people.
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Quick answer
God performed great and awesome signs and wonders against Egypt before Israel's eyes. The plagues demonstrated his supremacy over Pharaoh and false gods.
Overview
The signs and wonders authenticated the LORD as the true God and judged Egypt's idolatry and oppression. Israel's faith rests on historical acts witnessed firsthand, not myth. These mighty works anticipate the climactic signs of redemption accomplished in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
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Cross-references · 10
- 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?
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Deut 7:19the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
- Ps 91:8You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
- Exod 14:1–31Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Deut 3:21And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.
- Deut 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- Deut 4:3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
- Exod 7:1–12The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Ps 135:9He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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