Exodus 3 · Verse 20

Exodus 3:20

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.
Exodus 3:20, King James Version

Exodus 3:20 in other translations

BSBSo 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.
WEBI will reach out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do among them, and after that he will let you go.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand I have put forth My hand, and have smitten Egypt with all My wonders, which I do in its midst--and afterwards he doth send you away.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEBut I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Exodus 3:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 3:10-22

10-22. Come now therefore, and I will send thee--Considering the patriotic views that had formerly animated the breast of Moses, we might have anticipated that no mission could have been more welcome to his heart than to be employed in the national emancipation of Israel. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 3:16-22

Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart, and opens the ear, could say beforehand, They shall hearken to thy voice; for he would make them willing in this day of power. As to Pharaoh, Moses is here told that petitions and persuasions, and humble complaints, would not prevail with him; nor a mighty hand stretched out in signs and wonders. But those will…

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Exodus 3:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֤יve.sha.lach.Tiand I will stretch outH7971
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027
וְהִכֵּיתִ֣יve.hi.kei.Tiand I will strikeH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4713
בְּכֹל֙be.Kholwith allH3605
נִפְלְאֹתַ֔יnif.le.'o.Taiwonders myH6381
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה'e.'e.SehI will doH6213
בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹbe.kir.Boin midst itsH7130
וְאַחֲרֵי\־ve.'a.cha.rei-and afterH310
כֵ֖ןkhenthusH3651
יְשַׁלַּ֥חye.sha.Lachhe will let goH7971
אֶתְכֶֽם\׃'et.Khem<obj.> youH853

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Cross references for Exodus 3:20

  • Acts 7:36

    He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  • Nehemiah 9:10

    And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

  • Deuteronomy 6:22

    And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:

  • Exodus 9:15

    For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

  • Exodus 6:6

    Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

  • Exodus 12:31-33

    And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

  • Psalms 105:27

    They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

  • Exodus 11:8-9

    And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

  • Psalms 135:8-9

    Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

  • Isaiah 26:11

    Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • Ezekiel 20:33

    As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
stretch.
6:6; 7:5; 9:15; Eze 20:33
smite.
7:3; 11:9; De 4:34; 6:22; Ne 9:10; Ps 105:27; 106:22; 135:8,9
Isa 19:22; Jer 32:20,21; Ac 7:36
See chapters
Ac 7:1-13:42
after that.
11:8; 12:31,39; Ge 15:14; Jud 6:8; 8:16; Isa 26:11; Ps 105:38

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Context

  • Exodus 3:19

    And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

  • Exodus 3:20

    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.

  • Exodus 3:21

    And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:

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Exodus 3:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero yo extenderé mi mano, y heriré á Egipto con todas mis maravillas que haré en él, y entonces os dejará ir.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et j’étendrai ma main, et je frapperai l’Égypte par toutes mes merveilles que je ferai au milieu d’elle; et après cela il vous renverra.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde meine Hand ausstrecken und Ägypten schlagen mit allen meinen Wundern, die ich in seiner Mitte tun werde; und danach wird er euch ziehen lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Extendam enim manum meam, et percutiam Ægyptum in cunctis mirabilibus meis, quæ facturus sum in medio eorum: post hæc dimittet vos.