Psalm 78:12
New International Version
He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

New Living Translation
the miracles he did for their ancestors on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.

English Standard Version
In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

Berean Standard Bible
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

King James Bible
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

New King James Version
Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

New American Standard Bible
He performed wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

NASB 1995
He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

NASB 1977
He wrought wonders before their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Legacy Standard Bible
He did wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Amplified Bible
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided].

Christian Standard Bible
He worked wonders in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He worked wonders in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.

American Standard Version
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In front of their fathers when he did wonders in the land of Egypt and in the fields of Zoan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
the miracles which he wrought before their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanes.

Contemporary English Version
he did for their ancestors near Zoan in Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.

English Revised Version
Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In front of their ancestors he performed miracles in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

Good News Translation
While their ancestors watched, God performed miracles in the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.

International Standard Version
He performed marvelous things in the presence of their ancestors in the land of Egypt— in the fields of Zoan.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Literal Standard Version
He has done wonders before their fathers, | In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan.

Majority Standard Bible
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

New American Bible
In the sight of their ancestors God did wonders, in the land of Egypt, the plain of Zoan.

NET Bible
He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

New Revised Standard Version
In the sight of their ancestors he worked marvels in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.

New Heart English Bible
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Webster's Bible Translation
Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

World English Bible
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Young's Literal Translation
Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
11They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. 12He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. 13He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.…

Cross References
Exodus 7:1
The LORD answered Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

Numbers 13:22
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

Psalm 44:1
We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in days of long ago.

Psalm 78:43
when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.

Psalm 106:22
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

Isaiah 19:11
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings"?

Isaiah 30:4
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,


Treasury of Scripture

Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

marvellous

Psalm 78:42-50
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy…

Psalm 105:27-38
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham…

Psalm 135:9
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

Zoan.

Psalm 78:43
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Numbers 13:22
And 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.)

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Psalm 78
1. An exhortation both to learn and to preach, the law of God
9. The story of God's wrath against the incredulous and disobedient
67. The Israelites being rejected, God chose Judah, Zion, and David.














(12) Field of Zoan.--See Numbers 13:22. It is the classical "Tanis," merely a corruption of Tsoan, i.e., low country (LXX. and Vulgate). Tanis is situated on the east bank of what was formerly called the Tanitic branch of the Nile. Between it and Pelusium, about thirty miles to the east, stretched a rich plain known as "the marshes," or "the pastures," or "the field" of Zoan.

The psalm now turns to the adventures in the wilderness, postponing the marvels in Egypt till Psalm 78:43.

Verse 12. - Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. The miracles of Egypt are, perhaps, the most striking series in Jewish history. A more particular account of them is given below (vers. 44-53). They were wrought "in the field of Zoan," i.e. in the rich flat tract east and south of the city of Zoan, the Greek Tanis, now San. (On this place, see Mr. Reginald Peele's 'Cities of Egypt,' pp. 64-88.) This fact could not have been gathered from Exodus, but must have come to the writer from the tradition of which he speaks in ver. 3.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He worked
עָ֣שָׂה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

wonders
פֶ֑לֶא (p̄e·le)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6382: A miracle

before
נֶ֣גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

their fathers
אֲ֭בוֹתָם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

in the land
בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Egypt,
מִצְרַ֣יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

in the region
שְׂדֵה־ (śə·ḏêh-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7704: Field, land

of Zoan.
צֹֽעַן׃ (ṣō·‘an)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6814: Zoan -- a place in Egypt


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