Exodus 5:2
Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly. Israel, will I not let go!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 3:19But, I, know, that the king of Egypt will not suffer you to go,—not even by a firm hand.
1 Samuel 25:10Then Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays, many are the servants that have broken away, every one from the presence of his lord:
2 Chronicles 32:15Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah beguile you nor persuade you thus, neither do ye believe him. For no, god, of any nation or kingdom hath ever been able to deliver his people out of my hand, or out of the hand of my fathers,-how much less shall, your gods, deliver you, out of my hand?
Job 15:25Because he had stretched out—against GOD—his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;
Job 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?
Psalms 12:4Them who say—With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master?
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 →