Exodus 3:19

But I know that the king of Egypt will allow you to go only if he realizes I am more powerful [MTY] than he is.

Translation for Translators

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

18My people will do what you say. Then you and their leaders must go to the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, who is God, the one we Hebrews worship, has revealed himself to us. So now we ask you to allow us to travel for three days to a place in the desert, in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God.’

20So I will use my power [MTY] to strike/punish the people of Egypt [MTY] by performing many miracles there. Then he will allow you to leave.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:21Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you return to Egypt, be sure to perform all the miracles that I have given you power to do, while the king is watching. But I will make him stubborn [IDM], with the result that he will not let the Israeli people leave Egypt.

Exodus 6:1Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Now you will see what I will do to the king and his people. I will powerfully [MTY] compel him to let my people go. In fact, by my power [MTY] I will force him to expel them from his land!”

Exodus 7:14Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king is very stubborn [IDM]. He refuses to allow my people to go.

Exodus 9:7The king sent men to investigate, and they were surprised to see that none of the Israeli people’s animals had died. But after they reported that to the king, he continued to be stubborn [IDM], and he did not let the Israeli people go.

Exodus 10:20But Yahweh made the king stubborn [IDM] again, and he did not let the Israeli people go.

Exodus 11:10Aaron and Moses/I performed all these miracles in front of the king, but Yahweh made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israeli people leave his country.

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 →

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