Exodus 1:9

and he says to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel [are] more numerous and mighty than we.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

In Context

8And there rises a new king over Egypt, who has not known Joseph,

10Give help! Let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it has come to pass, when war happens, that it has been joined, even it, to those hating us, and has fought against us, and has gone up out of the land.”

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Cross References

Numbers 22:4and Moab says to [the] elderly of Midian, “Now the assembly licks up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the green thing of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor [is] king of Moab at that time,

Psalms 105:24And He makes His people very fruitful, || And makes it mightier than its adversaries.

Proverbs 27:4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, || And who stands before jealousy?

Titus 3:3for we, also, were once thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving manifold desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, odious—hating one another;

James 4:5Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”

Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:9-15

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities,… Read the whole commentary →

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