Exodus 3:19
But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, unless it happen through a mighty hand.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 4:21And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, regard well all the wonders which I have put in thy hand, and do them before Pharaoh; but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
Exodus 6:1Then said the Lord unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand shall he send them away, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Exodus 7:14And the Lord said unto Moses, The heart of Pharaoh is obdurate, he refuseth to let the people go.
Exodus 9:7And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there had not died of the cattle of the Israelites even one; but the heart of Pharaoh remained hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus 10:20But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he did not let the children of Israel go.
Exodus 11:10And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 3:17-22
16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice:… Read the whole commentary →