Exodus 5:2

World English Bible (2000)

Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."

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  • Exod 3:19 : 19 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.
  • 2 Kgs 18:35 : 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'"
  • Job 21:15 : 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
  • Ps 12:4 : 4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to you. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
  • 2 Chr 32:15 : 15 Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, neither believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?"
  • 2 Chr 32:19 : 19 They spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 10:3-4
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    3 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

    4 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,

  • Exod 9:1-2
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    1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

    2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

  • Exod 10:7-8
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    7 Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"

    8 Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?"

  • Exod 5:1
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    1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"

  • Exod 10:27
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    27 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he wouldn't let them go.

  • Exod 14:4-5
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    4 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh." They did so.

    5 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"

  • Exod 3:19
    78%

    19 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

  • Exod 9:12-14
    3 verses
    77%

    12 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.

    13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

    14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

  • Exod 3:10-11
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    10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

    11 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

  • Exod 8:1
    77%

    1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exod 7:13-14
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    13 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.

    14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

  • Exod 9:35
    77%

    35 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.

  • Exod 8:20
    77%

    20 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.

  • Exod 7:16
    76%

    16 You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened.

  • Exod 11:9-10
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    9 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."

    10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go out of his land.

  • Exod 4:23
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    23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

  • Exod 9:17
    75%

    17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.

  • Exod 6:11
    75%

    11 "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."

  • Exod 10:20
    75%

    20 But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go.

  • Exod 6:29
    75%

    29 that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."

  • Exod 5:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."

    4 The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"

  • Exod 7:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

    5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."

  • Exod 8:28
    74%

    28 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me."

  • Exod 12:31
    74%

    31 He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!

  • Exod 6:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."

    2 God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;

  • Exod 10:1
    73%

    1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,

  • Exod 9:30
    73%

    30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet fear Yahweh God."

  • Exod 9:7
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    7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.

  • Exod 8:32
    73%

    32 Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let the people go.

  • Exod 10:24
    73%

    24 Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you."

  • Exod 1:8
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    8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.

  • Exod 8:15
    72%

    15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

  • Exod 11:1
    72%

    1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    72%

    6 Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn't they let the people go, and they departed?

  • Exod 7:23
    72%

    23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.