Exodus 11:3

forsooth the Lord shall give grace to his people before the Egyptians. And Moses was a full great man in the land of Egypt, before the servants of Pharaoh and all the people;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

In Context

2Therefore thou shalt say to all the people, that a man ask of his friend, and a woman of her neighbouress, silver vessel (s) and golden, and clothes; (And so thou shalt say to all the people, that every man ask his friend, and every woman her neighbour, for gold and silver jewelry, and for clothes;)

4and (at once) he said (to the king), The Lord saith these things, At midnight I shall enter into Egypt;

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Cross References

Genesis 39:21Forsooth the Lord was with Joseph, and had mercy on him, and gave grace to him, in the sight of the prince of the prison (or before the ruler, that is, the warden, of the prison),

Exodus 12:36Forsooth the Lord gave grace to the people before the Egyptians, that the Egyptians lent to them; and they made bare the Egyptians. (And the Lord gave grace to the people before the Egyptians, so that the Egyptians gave them all these things; and so they plundered the Egyptians.)

Joshua 4:14In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all Israel, that they should dread him, as they dreaded Moses, while he lived yet. (On that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all Israel, so that they would fear him, like they had feared Moses, or so that they would revere him, like they had revered Moses, while he was yet alive.)

Esther 9:4whom they knew to be (a) prince of the king’s palace (or whom they knew to be a prince, (or one of the leaders), in the (king’s) palace), and to be able to do full much; and the fame of his name increased each day, and ( it) flew by the mouths of all men.

Isaiah 60:14And the sons of them that made thee low, shall come low to thee, and all that backbited thee, shall worship the steps of thy feet; and they shall call thee, A city of the Lord of Zion, of the Holy of Israel, (or and they shall call thee, The City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel).

Revelation 3:9Lo! I shall give to thee (those) of the synagogue of Satan, which say that they be Jews (or who say that they be Jews), and be not, but lie. Lo! I shall make them, (so) that they come, and worship before thy feet; and they shall know, that I loved thee,

Matthew Henry on Exodus 11:2-4

The Plagues of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of… Read the whole commentary →

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