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I Will Open My Mouth in Parables

Psalms 78:12

In 11 translations

BSB
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
KJV
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
WEB
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
ASV
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
LSV
He has done wonders before their fathers, || In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan.
YLT
Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt — the field of Zoan.
DBY
In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.
DRC77:12
Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.
GNV
Hee did marueilous thinges in the sight of their fathers in the lande of Egypt: euen in the fielde of Zoan.
JPS
Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
LXXE77:12
the miracles which he wrought before their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanes.

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Original-language editions

WLC
נֶ֣גֶד אֲ֭בוֹתָם עָ֣שָׂה פֶ֑לֶא בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מִצְרַ֣יִם שְׂדֵה־צֹֽעַן׃
LXX-Br77:12
ἐναντίον τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν ἃ ἐποίησε θαυμάσια, ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐν πεδίῳ Τάνεως.

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  • Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
  • Ezekiel 30:14I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
  • Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
  • Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
  • Deuteronomy 6:22Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
  • Psalms 135:9He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
  • Exodus 7:1–12:51The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites…
  • Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
  • Deuteronomy 4:34Or 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 LORD your God did for you in Egypt,…
  • Psalms 105:27–38They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words. He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. Their land…
  • 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 that endures to this day.
  • Psalms 78:42–50They did not remember His power — the day He redeemed them from the adversary, when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they…
  • Psalms 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

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