They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
Parallel translations
- WEB They cried there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.’
- BSB There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
- NKJV They cried there, ‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is but a noise. He has passed by the appointed time!’
- NASB “They shouted there, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is nothing but a big noise; He has let the appointed time pass by!’
- NLT There they will say, ‘Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is a loudmouth who missed his opportunity!’
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Quick answer
They mock Pharaoh as merely a loud noise who let his opportunity pass. Egypt's king is exposed as empty bluster.
Overview
The fleeing soldiers ridicule Pharaoh as all talk, having squandered the appointed moment for action. The taunt deflates the proud image of Egypt's ruler. This exposure of a boastful but powerless king illustrates the emptiness of human pomp before God, contrasting with Christ the true King, whose word never fails and whose timing is perfect.
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- Isa 19:11–16Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- 1 Kgs 20:10And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
- Exod 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
- Isa 31:3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
- Ezek 31:18To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
- Ezek 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
- 1 Kgs 20:18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
- Isa 37:27–29Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
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