Exodus 5:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Who is this LORD and why should I obey him?” the king replied. “I refuse to let you and your people go!”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:35

None of these gods kept their people safe from the king of Assyria. Do you think the LORD your God can do any better?

2 Chronicles 32:14

None of those gods kept their people safe from the kings of Assyria. Do you really think your God can do any better?

2 Chronicles 32:15

Don't be fooled by Hezekiah! No god of any nation has ever been able to stand up to Assyria. Believe me, your God cannot keep you safe!

2 Chronicles 32:19

The officials talked about the LORD God as if he were nothing but an ordinary god or an idol that someone had made.

Nehemiah 9:10

You knew that the King of Egypt and his officials and his nation had ill-treated your people. So you worked fearsome miracles against the Egyptians and earned a reputation that still remains.

Job 15:25

This is because they rebelled against God All-Powerful

Job 15:26

and have attacked him with their weapons.

Job 21:15

What do we gain from praying and worshipping you?

Psalm 10:4

The wicked are too proud to turn to you or even think about you.

Psalm 12:4

They say to themselves, “We are great speakers. No one else has a chance.”

Psalm 12:5

But you, LORD, tell them, “I will do something! The poor are ill-treated and helpless people moan. I'll rescue all who suffer.”

Psalm 14:1

Only a fool would say, “There is no God!” People like that are worthless; they are heartless and cruel and never do right.

Exodus 3:19

But I know that the king of Egypt won't let you go unless something forces him to.

Exodus 7:17

“The LORD is going to do something to show you that he really is the LORD. I will strike the Nile with this stick, and the water will turn into blood.

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much to eat, I might forget about you; if I don't have enough, I might steal and disgrace your name.

Jeremiah 42:13

But you might keep on saying, “We won't stay here in Judah, and we won't obey the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 48:26

People of Moab, you claim to be stronger than I am. Now I will tell other nations to make you drunk and to laugh while you collapse in your own vomit.

Daniel 3:15

Now I am going to give you one more chance. If you bow down and worship the statue when you hear the music, everything will be all right. But if you don't, you will at once be thrown into a flaming furnace. No god can save you from me.”

John 16:3

They will do these things because they don't know either the Father or me.

Romans 1:28

Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

and with a flaming fire. Our Lord Jesus will punish anyone who doesn't know God and won't obey his message.

Judges 2:10

After a while the people of Joshua's generation died, and the next generation did not know the LORD or any of the things he had done for Israel.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli's sons were priests, but they were dishonest and refused to obey the LORD. So, while people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices, these priests would send over a servant with a large, three-pronged fork.

1 Samuel 25:10

This is what he said: Who does this David think he is? That son of Jesse is just one more slave on the run from his master, and there are too many of them these days.