KJV King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
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Exodus 7:1
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother is thy prophet;
Surrounding context — Exodus 7
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֹשֶׁ֔הH4872 · mo.shehMosesרְאֵ֛הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeנְתַתִּ֥יךָH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלְפַרְעֹ֑הH6547 · par.ohPharaohוְאַהֲרֹ֥ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronאָחִ֖יךָH251 · achbrother: male-siblingיִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beנְבִיאֶֽךָ׃H5030 · na.viprophet
Cross-references
Exodus 4:15-16And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.Psalm 82:6I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.John 10:35-36If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;Jeremiah 1:10See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.1 Kings 17:23And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.2 Kings 6:32But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: [is] not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?Genesis 19:21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.Exodus 16:29See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
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