Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Parallel translations
- WEB He did marvelous things 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 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Isa 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Ezek 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
- Isa 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
- Exod 7:1And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
- Ps 135:9Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
- Deut 6:22And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
- Ps 105:27–38They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Ps 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
- 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?
- 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 78:42–50They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
- Gen 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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