Exodus 5:2
But he answered: Who is the Lord, that I should hear his voice, and let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but by a mighty hand.
1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now a days who flee from their masters.
2 Chronicles 32:15Therefore let not Ezechias deceive you, nor delude you with a vain persuasion, and do not believe him. For if no god of all the nations and kingdoms, could deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers, consequently neither shall your God be able to deliver you out of my hand.
Job 15:25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
Psalms 12:4May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:2-3
Sufferings of the Israelites Increased. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord , neither will I let Israel go. Moses and Aaron, having delivered their message to the elders of Israel, with whom they found good acceptance, are now to deal with Pharaoh, to whom they come in… Read the whole commentary →