Psalms 135:8

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He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 78:51 : 51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.
  • Exod 12:12 : 12 I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD.
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.
  • Ps 136:10 : 10 to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,
  • Exod 12:29-30 : 29 The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 30 Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead.
  • Exod 13:15 : 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 135:9-10
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    85%

    9He performed awesome deeds and acts of judgment in your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

    10He defeated many nations, and killed mighty kings–

  • Exod 12:29-30
    2 verses
    81%

    29The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

    30Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead.

  • Ps 78:50-51
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    50He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction.

    51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

  • Ps 105:36
    80%

    36He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

  • Exod 12:12-13
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    12I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD.

    13The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.

  • Ps 136:10
    78%

    10to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,

  • Exod 11:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4Moses said,“This is what the LORD has said:‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

    5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

    6There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.

  • Num 8:17
    77%

    17For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

  • Exod 13:15
    77%

    15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

  • Num 33:4
    76%

    4Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them; the LORD also executed judgments on their gods.

  • Exod 9:25
    75%

    25The hail struck everything in the open fields, both people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces.

  • Ps 135:7
    74%

    7He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

  • Exod 9:18-23
    6 verses
    73%

    18I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

    19So now, send instructions to gather your livestock and all your possessions in the fields to a safe place. Every person or animal caught in the field and not brought into the house– the hail will come down on them, and they will die!”’”

    20Those of Pharaoh’s servants who feared the LORD’s message hurried to bring their servants and livestock into the houses,

    21but those who did not take the LORD’s message seriously left their servants and their cattle in the field.

    22Then the LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand toward the sky that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on people and on animals, and on everything that grows in the field in the land of Egypt.”

    23When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the LORD caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.

  • Jer 43:11
    73%

    11He will come and attack Egypt. Those who are destined to die of disease will die of disease. Those who are destined to be carried off into exile will be carried off into exile. Those who are destined to die in war will die in war.

  • Num 3:13
    73%

    13because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”

  • Exod 13:2
    73%

    2“Set apart to me every firstborn male– the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”

  • Ps 105:29
    73%

    29He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish.

  • Exod 9:6
    73%

    6And the LORD did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.

  • Deut 11:3
    73%

    3They did not see the awesome deeds he performed in the midst of Egypt against Pharaoh king of Egypt and his whole land,

  • Ps 78:43-44
    2 verses
    72%

    43when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan.

    44He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

  • Exod 10:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up over the land of Egypt and eat everything that grows in the ground, everything that the hail has left.”

    13So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought up the locusts!

  • Exod 9:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14For this time I will send all my plagues on your very self and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

    15For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with plague, and you would have been destroyed from the earth.

  • Exod 8:24
    71%

    24The LORD did so; a thick swarm of flies came into Pharaoh’s house and into the houses of his servants, and throughout the whole land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

  • Deut 26:8
    71%

    8Therefore the LORD brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.

  • Exod 14:8
    71%

    8But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. Now the Israelites were going out defiantly.

  • Exod 8:17
    71%

    17They did so; Aaron extended his hand with his staff, he struck the dust of the ground, and it became gnats on people and on animals. All the dust of the ground became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Ps 78:48
    71%

    48He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock.

  • Deut 34:11
    70%

    11He did all the signs and wonders the LORD had sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, all his servants, and the whole land,

  • Ps 78:12
    70%

    12He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

  • Exod 12:1
    70%

    1The Institution of the Passover The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

  • Exod 12:23
    70%

    23For the LORD will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the LORD will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

  • Ps 105:38
    70%

    38Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them.

  • Exod 9:10
    70%

    10So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

  • Exod 3:20
    70%

    20So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.