Exodus 3:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I know, however, that the king of Egypt will not let you go except by a mighty hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go [unless forced to do so], no, not by a mighty hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Common English Bible

However, I know that Egypt’s king won’t let you go unless he’s forced to do it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But I know that the king of Egypt will not release you, unless you go out by a powerful hand.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but by a mighty hand.

Exodus 3:19 Cross References

Exodus 10:20

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

Exodus 11:10

Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

Exodus 11:9

The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, in order that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 13:15

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborn to the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord every male that first opens the womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

Exodus 4:21

And the Lord said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power, but I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

Exodus 6:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh: indeed, by a mighty hand he will let them go; by a mighty hand he will drive them out of his land.”

Exodus 8:28

So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness, provided you do not go very far away. Pray for me.”

Exodus 9:35

So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.

Exodus 9:7

Pharaoh inquired and found that not even one of the Israelites’ livestock had died. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he would not let the people go.