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Psalms 135:8-12

He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal.

He sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.

He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,

Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal.

    He sent signs and wonders into the middle of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.

    He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,

    Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

    and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

    Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

    Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:

    And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast.

    He sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

    Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:

    Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan;

    And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel His people.

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Cross-references (32)

  • Psalms 78:51 (v8) and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
  • Psalms 78:55 (v12) He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
  • Exodus 12:12 (v8) For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will…
  • Joshua 12:7-24 (v11) These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of…
  • Psalms 105:36 (v8) He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
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  • Psalms 136:15 (v9) but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for his loving kindness endures forever:
  • Exodus 13:15 (v8) When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the…
  • Deuteronomy 6:22 (v9) and Yahweh showed great and awesome signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
  • Deuteronomy 29:7 (v11) When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them.
  • Nehemiah 9:22 (v11) Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the…
  • Psalms 136:10 (v8) to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;
  • Psalms 136:17-22 (v10) to him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever; and killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever:…
  • Psalms 136:21-22 (v12) and gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving kindness endures forever; even a heritage to Israel his servant; for his loving…
  • Exodus 7:1-15 (v9) Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I…
  • Exodus 12:29-30 (v8) At midnight, Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of…
  • Numbers 21:21-35 (v11) Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, “Let me pass through your land. We will not turn away into field or vineyard.…
  • Numbers 21:24 (v10) Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the…
  • Numbers 33:54 (v12) You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall…
  • Deuteronomy 2:30–3:11 (v11) But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might…
  • Deuteronomy 4:34 (v9) Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand,…
  • Deuteronomy 29:8 (v12) We took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.
  • Joshua 10:1-12 (v11) Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king,…
  • Joshua 11:23 (v12) So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to…
  • Joshua 12:7 (v12) These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of…
  • Nehemiah 9:10 (v9) and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they…
  • Psalms 44:1-3 (v12) We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old. You drove out the nations…
  • Psalms 44:2-3 (v10) You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad. For they didn’t get…
  • Psalms 78:43-50 (v9) how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan, he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could…
  • Isaiah 51:9-10 (v9) Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in…
  • Jeremiah 32:20-21 (v9) who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among other men; and made yourself a name, as it…
  • Acts 7:36 (v9) This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
  • Psalms 105:27-29 (v9) They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his…

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv8, 10 8. He smote the first-born of Egypt He now…

8. He smote the first-born of Egypt He now reverts to those more special benefits, by which God had laid his Church and chosen people under obligation to his service. As it was the Lord’s believing people only whom he addressed, the chief point singled out as the subject of praise is God’s having adopted them, small as they were in numbers, from the mass of the human family. Again, there was the fact of his having set himself in opposition, for their sakes, to great kingdoms and mighty nations. The wonderful works done by God in Egypt and in Canaan were all just so many proofs of that fatherly love which he entertained for them as his chosen people. It is not strictly according to historic order to begin with mentioning the destruction of the first-born of Egypt; but this is instanced as a memorable illustration of the great regard God had for the safety of his people, which was such that he would not spare even so mighty and wealthy a nation. The scope of the passage is to show that God, in delivering his people, had abundantly testified his power and his mercy.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8, 10, 12 signs and wonders
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v8 135:8-12 The Lord was sovereign over the Exodus and…
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