Exodus 10:10

Exodus 10:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
• New International Version (NIV)Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he said to them, "The Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to them, “The Lord had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you.

Context of Exodus 10:10

8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?” 9“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.” Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil. 11No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence. 12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

Exodus 10:10 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם יְהִ֨י כֵ֤ן יְהוָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְאֶֽת־טַפְּכֶ֑ם רְא֕וּ כִּ֥י רָעָ֖ה נֶ֥גֶד פְּנֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Thenאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• told themאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• May the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• May the LORDכֵּןkên · soH3651
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• with youעִם‛im · withH5973
• if I everכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• let you goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• with your little onesטַףţaph · childH2945
• Clearlyרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: behold!H7200
• Clearlyכִּיkîy · forH3588
• you are bentנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
• you are bentפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• on evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451

Cross-references for Exodus 10:10

• Exodus 12:30During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
• Exodus 13:21And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
• 2 Chronicles 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
• Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

Commentaries on Exodus 10:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Let the Lord be so with you - This is an obscure sentence. Some suppose that Pharaoh meant it as a curse, as if he had said, "May your God be as surely with you, as I shall let you go!" For as he purposed not to permit them to go, so he wished them as much of the Divine help as they should have of his permission. Look - for evil is before you - פניכם נגד רעה כי ראו reu ki raah neged peneychem, See ye that evil is before your faces - if you attempt to go…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Evil is before you - i. e. “your intentions are evil.” Great as the possible infliction might be, Pharaoh held it to be a less evil than the loss of so large a population.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-11The officials did not have royal honor to protect. So they were willing to learn from what had happened and to let the men go. Pharaoh resisted again. He wanted to protect his public honor. He said the men could go only if they left their families behind. In this way, he hoped they would be forced to return. Moses had never said they would come back. They said they were going into the wilderness to worship God. But once slaves are free, they do not…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-117-11. Pharaoh's servants said--Many of his courtiers must have suffered serious losses from the late visitations, and the prospect of such a calamity as that which was threatened and the magnitude of which former experience enabled them to realize, led them to make a strong remonstrance with the king. Finding himself not seconded by his counsellors in his continued resistance, he recalled Moses and Aaron, and having expressed his consent to their…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 10:10

• Animals
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Commentaries on Exodus 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings