KJV King James Version
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
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Psalm 78:12
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
WEB World English Bible
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
ASV American Standard Version
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan.
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
9 The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.
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Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)Ezekiel 30:14And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.Isaiah 19:11Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?Exodus 7:1And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.Psalm 135:9[Who] sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.Isaiah 19:13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, [even they that are] the stay of the tribes thereof.Deuteronomy 6:22And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:Psalm 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by the Red sea.Deuteronomy 4:34Or hath God assayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?Nehemiah 9:10And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.Psalm 78:42-50They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.Psalm 105:27-38They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
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