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Exodus 5:2

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PrideObedience

1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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BSB
But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
KJV
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
WEB
Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”
ASV
And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
DARBY
And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go.
BLB
And Pharaoh said, “Who [is] YHWH, that I should listen to His voice to send out Israel? I do not know YHWH, and moreover Israel I will not send out.”
ÅB
Men Farao sa: Hvem er Herren som jeg skal lyde og la Israel fare? Jeg kjenner ikke Herren, og heller ikke vil jeg la Israel fare.
OTB
Farao svarte: «Hvem er Herren, så jeg skulle høre på hans røst og la Israel gå? Jeg kjenner ikke Herren, og dessuten vil jeg ikke slippe Israel.»
B1930
Men Farao sa: Hvem er Herren som jeg skal lyde og la Israel fare? Jeg kjenner ikke Herren, og heller ikke vil jeg la Israel fare.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 3:19

    And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

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  • Job 21:15

    What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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  • 2 Kings 18:35

    Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8

    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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  • Romans 1:28

    And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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  • John 16:3

    And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:19

    And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

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  • Psalms 12:4

    Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

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