Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

New American Standard Bible

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt,
The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.

King James Version

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Holman Bible

He struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.

International Standard Version

He struck every firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their manhood in the tents of Ham.

A Conservative Version

and smote all the first-born in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

American Standard Version

And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Amplified


He killed all the firstborn in Egypt,
The first and best of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham.

Bible in Basic English

He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

Darby Translation

And he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the first-fruits of their vigour in the tents of Ham.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will strike all the firstborn in Egypt; the first-fruits of their toils in the tents of Ham:

King James 2000

And struck down all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he struck down all [the] firstborn in Egypt, [the] first of [their] virility in the tents of Ham.

Modern King James verseion

and struck all the first-born in Egypt, the first of the strong in the tents of Ham;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham.

NET Bible

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

New Heart English Bible

and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

The Emphasized Bible

So he smote, Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;

Webster

And smote all the first-born in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

World English Bible

and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

References

Context Readings

Lessons From Israel's Past

50 He pondereth a path for His anger, He kept not back their soul from death, Yea, their life to the pestilence He delivered up. 51 And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham. 52 And causeth His people to journey as a flock, And guideth them as a drove in a wilderness,

Cross References

Psalm 105:23

And Israel cometh in to Egypt, And Jacob hath sojourned in the land of Ham.

Psalm 106:22

Of wonderful things in the land of Ham, Of fearful things by the sea of Suph.

Psalm 135:8

Who smote the first-born of Egypt, From man unto beast.

Psalm 105:36

And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,

Psalm 136:10

To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age is His kindness.

Genesis 49:3

Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

Genesis 9:22-25

And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.

Genesis 10:6

And sons of Ham are Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Exodus 12:12

and I have passed over through the land of Egypt during this night, and have smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man even unto beast, and on all the gods of Egypt I do judgments; I am Jehovah.

Exodus 12:29-30

And it cometh to pass, at midnight, that Jehovah hath smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive who is in the prison-house, and every first-born of beasts.

Exodus 13:15

yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who are males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;

Psalm 105:27

They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

Hebrews 11:28

by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

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