Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
Parallel translations
- WEB Who sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;
- BSB He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and 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
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- Ps 136:15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Deut 6:22And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
- Jer 32:20–21Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
- Acts 7:36He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Neh 9:10And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
- Ps 78:43–50How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
- Deut 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Exod 7:1–15And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
- Isa 51:9–10Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
- Ps 105:27–29They shewed his 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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