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Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

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ASV

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
מִ֤יmiwho?H4310 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.weh[is] YahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834 →
אֶשְׁמַ֣ע'esh.Ma'I will listenH8085 →
בְּקֹל֔וֹbe.ko.Loto voice hisH6963 →
לְשַׁלַּ֖חle.sha.Lachby letting goH7971 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808 →
יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ya.Da'.tiI knowH3045 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וְגַ֥םve.Gamand alsoH1571 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃'a.sha.Le.achI will let goH7971 →

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Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.2 Corinthians 10:5We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’2 Kings 18:35Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”Judges 2:10After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”Psalms 73:9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.Exodus 7:17This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.Galatians 4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.Jeremiah 42:13But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,Isaiah 36:20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”Psalms 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.Jeremiah 50:33This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.Job 18:21Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”Genesis 3:5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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