He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
Parallel translations
- WEB Who sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;
- KJV Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
- NKJV He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
- NASB He sent signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, Upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
- NLT He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his people.
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Quick answer
God sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all Egypt to demonstrate His saving power.
Overview
The plagues are remembered as public displays of God's authority over Egypt's rulers and false gods. Pharaoh and his servants stood helpless before the signs and wonders Yahweh worked in their midst. These redemptive acts form the pattern of God's salvation, ultimately fulfilled in the greater signs and the greater redemption accomplished by Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 136:15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Deut 6:22Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
- Jer 32:20–21You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
- Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
- Neh 9:10You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
- Ps 78:43–50when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- 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?
- Exod 7:1–15The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Isa 51:9–10Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Ps 105:27–29They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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