There they will exclaim, "Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise; he has missed his opportunity.'"
NIV
They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is destroyed and is only a noise; he has let the appointed time [in which God had him on probation] pass by!
AMP
They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
KJV
When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
NIV
This He ordained in Joseph [the savior] for a testimony when He went out over the land of Egypt. The speech of One Whom I knew not did I hear [saying]AMP
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
KJV
Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
NIV
[Had Israel listened to Me in Egypt, then] those who hated the Lord would have come cringing before Him, and their defeat would have lasted forever.
AMP
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
KJV
He and his army – the most ruthless of nations – will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
NIV
He and his people with him, the [most] terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land, and they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
AMP
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
KJV
I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt.
NIV
But I will strengthen and hold up the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down, and they [of Egypt] shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
AMP
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
KJV
"So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine and plague in the place where you want to go to settle."
NIV
Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place [Egypt] where you desire to go to dwell temporarily.
AMP
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
KJV
"So I will inflict punishment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD."
NIV
Thus will I execute judgments and punishments upon Egypt. Then shall they know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].
AMP
Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
KJV
