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


In Context

16 "Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, 'The Lord , the God of your fathers-the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob-appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.

17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites-a land flowing with milk and honey.'

18 "The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.'

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

20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.

21 "And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a powerful 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.