God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
Parallel translations
- WEB God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
- KJV God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
- NKJV God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox.
- NASB “God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
- NLT God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
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Quick answer
God brought Israel out of Egypt with strength like that of a wild ox. Their power comes from the God who redeemed them.
Overview
The exodus is again held up as the great act of redemption that defines Israel. The image of the wild ox conveys irresistible, God-given strength. Their might is not their own but flows from the saving Lord, just as the church's strength rests in the God who has redeemed her.
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Cross-references · 10
- Num 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- Deut 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Job 39:9–11Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
- Ps 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
- Exod 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Exod 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
- Ps 92:10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
- Ps 68:35O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
- Num 22:5he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
- Exod 14:18The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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