Exodus 3:20
in Exodus 3So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
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ASV
And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
KJV
And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
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This verse in Exodus 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I will stretch out My hand
on Exodus 3:20-22
The plunder of verse 22 discharges Genesis 15:14, "they will depart with many possessions", and happens at 12:35 and 12:36. That gold builds the calf in chapter 32 and the tabernacle in chapter 35.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And I will stretch out my hand,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But he evinced great reluctance to it and stated a variety of objections [Ex 3:11, 13; 4:1, 10] all of which were successfully met and removed--and the happy issue of his labors was minutely described.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֤י | veshalachti | and I will stretch out | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדִי֙ | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְהִכֵּיתִ֣י | vehikeiti | and I will strike | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4713 → | 70 times |
| בְּכֹל֙ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נִפְלְאֹתַ֔י | nifleotai | wonders my | H6381 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה | ʾeeseh | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ | bekirbo | in midst its | H7130 → | 227 times |
| וְאַחֲרֵי־ | veacharei- | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כֵ֖ן | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יְשַׁלַּ֥ח | yeshalach | he will let go | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶתְכֶֽם׃ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֤יand I will stretch out
veshalachtiH7971 →845 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדִי֙hand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
וְהִכֵּיתִ֣יand I will strike
vehikeitiH5221 →499 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4713 →70 times
בְּכֹל֙with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
נִפְלְאֹתַ֔יwonders my
nifleotaiH6381 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖הI will do
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹin midst its
bekirboH7130 →227 times
וְאַחֲרֵי־and after
veacharei-H310 →715 times
כֵ֖ןthus
khenH3651 →771 times
יְשַׁלַּ֥חhe will let go
yeshalachH7971 →845 times
אֶתְכֶֽם׃<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:8
Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by…
- Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
- Exodus 7:4
Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land…
- Deuteronomy 26:8
Through
Deuteronomy 6:22Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:34
Through
Acts 7:36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:41
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were…
- Exodus 12:41
Through
Nehemiah 9:10You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself…
it leads to
- Daniel 9:15
Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we…
- Daniel 9:15
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
