Then he said, “Tomorrow.” So he said, “May it be according to your word, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Tomorrow.” He said, “Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.
- KJV And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
- BSB “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
- NKJV So he said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
- NLT “Do it tomorrow,” Pharaoh said. “All right,” Moses replied, “it will be as you have said. Then you will know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
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Quick answer
Pharaoh says 'tomorrow,' and Moses agrees so Pharaoh will know none is like Yahweh. The aim is the knowledge of God's incomparable uniqueness.
Overview
Pharaoh names the next day, and Moses consents so that the precise timing will prove 'there is no one like Yahweh our God.' The whole exchange serves to reveal God's unmatched supremacy over Egypt's gods and powers. This declaration of God's incomparability echoes throughout Scripture and finds its fullest expression in the exalted name of Jesus, before whom every other power must yield.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Ps 86:8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Isa 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
- 2 Sam 7:22Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 1 Chr 17:20Yahweh, there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- Exod 9:14For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
- Deut 33:26“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
- Jer 10:6–7There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
- Prov 27:1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
- Deut 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
- Deut 4:35It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.
- Ps 89:6–8For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
- Isa 40:25“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
- Jas 4:14Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
- Ps 9:16Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
- Exod 9:29Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.
- Ps 83:18that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
- Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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