19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a powerful hand.


In Context

16 Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying, I have indeed visited you, and seen that which is done unto you in Egypt;

17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

18 And they shall hearken to thy voice. And thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us; and now, let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.

19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a powerful hand.

20 And I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof; and after that he will let you go.

21 And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass, when ye go out, that ye shall not go out empty;

Exodus 3:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, but by a mighty hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:19And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:19And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19And I — I have known that the king of Egypt doth not permit you to go, unless by a strong hand,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.