He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Parallel translations
- KJV Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- BSB He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- NKJV Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- NASB He performed wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- NLT the miracles he did for their ancestors on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.
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Quick answer
God did marvelous things before their fathers in Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
Overview
The psalmist begins recounting the Exodus wonders God performed in Egypt, near Zoan in the Nile delta. These were public, undeniable displays of God's power on Israel's behalf. Rehearsing them magnifies the seriousness of Israel's later forgetfulness and exalts the God who acts mightily to save.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Num 13:22They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Isa 19:11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”
- Ezek 30:14I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.
- Isa 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, who are the cornerstone of her tribes.
- Exod 7:1Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
- Ps 135:9Who sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;
- Deut 6:22and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
- Ps 105:27–38They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Ps 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
- 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?
- 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 78:42–50They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- Gen 32:3Jacob sent messengers in front of him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
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