He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his people.
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.
- 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.
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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 army in the Red Sea; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Deut 6:22and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
- Jer 32:20–21who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men; and made yourself a name, as it is today;
- Acts 7:36This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
- Neh 9:10and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.
- Ps 78:43–50how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
- Deut 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Exod 7:1–15Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
- Isa 51:9–10Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
- Ps 105:27–29They performed miracles 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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