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Exodus 1:9

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

KJV

Et ait ad populum suum : Ecce, populus filiorum Israël multus, et fortior nobis est.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ Ἰδοὺ τὸ γένος τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ μέγα πλῆθος, καὶ ἰσχύει ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶς·

LXX

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל עַמּ֑/וֹ הִנֵּ֗ה עַ֚ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רַ֥ב וְ/עָצ֖וּם מִמֶּֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עָצ֖וּם
'tsvm
adjective · 31×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:19 — The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
  • Eccl 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Exod 1:12 — But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
  • Gen 26:16 — And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
  • Jas 3:14 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
  • Ps 105:24 — And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.