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Exodus 10:7

PharaohEgypt

5 They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

6 They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”

8 So 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.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”
KJV
And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
WEB
Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
ASV
And Pharaoh`s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
DARBY
And Pharaoh's bondmen said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: dost thou not yet know that Egypt is ruined?
BLB
And the servants of Pharaoh said to him, “Until when shall this one be a snare to us? Send out the men, that they may serve YHWH their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt has perished?”
ÅB
Da sa Faraos tjenere til ham: Hvor lenge skal denne mann være en snare for oss? La mennene fare, så de kan tjene Herren sin Gud! Ser du ikke enda at Egypt blir ødelagt?
OTB
Da sa faraos tjenere til ham: «Hvor lenge skal denne mannen være en snare for oss? La folket dra, så de kan tjene Herren sin Gud. Innser du ennå ikke at Egypt er ødelagt?»
B1930
Da sa Faraos tjenere til ham: Hvor lenge skal denne mann være en snare for oss? La mennene fare, så de kan tjene Herren sin Gud! Ser du ikke ennu at Egypten blir ødelagt?

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 18:21

    “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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  • Exodus 23:33

    They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

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  • Joshua 23:13

    know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

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  • Jeremiah 48:4

    Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.

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  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:35

    I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

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  • Psalms 107:34

    and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

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