New King James Version
Exodus 10:17
17Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”
Exodus 10:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
- New International Version (NIV)Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me."
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the Lord your God to take away this death from me.”
Context of Exodus 10:17
15For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt. 16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.” 18So he went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 19And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt.
Read all of Exodus 10Exodus 10:17 word by word
וְעַתָּ֗ה שָׂ֣א נָ֤א חַטָּאתִי֙ אַ֣ךְ הַפַּ֔עַם וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְיָסֵר֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י רַ֖ק אֶת־הַמָּ֥וֶת הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Now therefore forgiveנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: forgiveH5375
- I pray thee, my sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- only this onceפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
- and intreatעָתַר‛âthar · to prayH6279
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- that he may take awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- from me this deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
Cross-references for Exodus 10:17
- 1 Samuel 15:25Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord.”
- Exodus 8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat the Lord that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”
- Exodus 9:28Entreat the Lord, that there may be no more mighty thundering and hail, for it is enough. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
- 1 Kings 13:6Then the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please entreat the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as before.
- Isaiah 26:16Lord, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
- Romans 15:30Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me,
- Acts 8:24Then Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.”
- 2 Kings 4:40Then they served it to the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
Commentaries on Exodus 10:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once - What a strange case! And what a series of softening and hardening, of sinning and repenting! Had he not now another opportunity of returning to God? But the love of gain, and the gratification of his own self-will and obstinacy, finally prevailed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17This death only - Pliny calls locusts a pestilence brought on by divine wrath. Pharaoh now recognizes the justice of his servants‘ apprehensions, Exodus 10:7.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-20Verses 12-20 God bids Moses stretch out his hand; locusts came at the call. An army might more easily have been resisted than this host of insects. Who then is able to stand before the great God? They covered the face of the earth, and ate up the fruit of it. Herbs grow for the service of man; yet when God pleases, insects shall plunder him, and eat the bread out of his mouth. Let our labour be, not for the habitation and meat thus exposed, but for those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17forgive my sin: Pharaoh’s understanding grew deeper. He admitted that his pride and his refusal to keep his word were sins. He understood that sin cannot be ignored. It must be forgiven. However, even though Pharaoh understood this truth, he still refused to obey. His heart (inner attitude) did not change.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1913-19. the Lord brought an east wind--The rod of Moses was again raised, and the locusts came. They are natives of the desert and are only brought by an east wind into Egypt, where they sometimes come in sun-obscuring clouds, destroying in a few days every green blade in the track they traverse. Man, with all his contrivances, can do nothing to protect himself from the overwhelming invasion. Egypt has often suffered from locusts. But the plague that…Read the comment
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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
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