Psalms 105:36
34 He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
35 They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
37 He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
- KJV
- He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
- WEB
- He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
- ASV
- He smote also all the first-born in their land, The chief of all their strength.
- DARBY
- And he smote every firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigour.
- BLB
- And He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
- ÅB
- Og han slo alt førstefødt i deres land, førstegrøden av all deres kraft.
- OTB
- Han slo også ned alle førstefødte i deres land,
De første fruktene av all deres styrke. - B1930
- Og han slo alt førstefødt i deres land, førstegrøden av all deres kraft.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 136:10
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextHebrews 11:28
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
Read in contextGenesis 49:3
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
Read in contextExodus 11:4–5
So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
Read in contextExodus 4:23
and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
Read in contextExodus 12:29–30
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
Read in contextPsalms 135:8
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
Read in contextPsalms 78:51
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
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