Exodus 10 · Verse 16

Exodus 10:16

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
Exodus 10:16, King James Version

Exodus 10:16 in other translations

BSBPharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
WEBThen Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
ASVThen Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.
YLTAnd Pharaoh hasteth to call for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, ‘I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you,
DARBYAnd Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.
BBEThen Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have done evil against the Lord your God and against you.
WebsterThen Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

What does Exodus 10:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:13-19

13-19. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 10:12-20

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…

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Exodus 10:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְמַהֵ֣רvay.ma.Herand he hurriedH4116
פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
לִקְרֹ֖אlik.Ro'to summonH7121
לְמֹשֶׁ֣הle.mo.Sheh<to> MosesH4872
וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֑ןu.le.'a.ha.Ronand <to> AaronH175
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
חָטָ֛אתִיcha.Ta.tiI have sinnedH2398
לַיהוָ֥הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
וְלָכֶֽם\׃ve.la.Khemand to <the> you

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Cross references for Exodus 10:16

  • Exodus 9:27

    And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

  • Numbers 21:7

    Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

  • Matthew 27:4

    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

  • 1 Samuel 15:30

    Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God.

  • Job 34:31-32

    Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • 1 Samuel 15:24

    And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

  • 2 Samuel 19:20

    For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

  • 1 Samuel 26:21

    Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

  • Proverbs 28:13

    He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

  • Numbers 22:34

    And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

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called for. Heb. hastened to call. I have.
9:27; Nu 21:7; 22:34; 1Sa 15:24,30; 26:21; 2Sa 19:20; Job 34:31,32
Pr 28:13; Mt 27:4

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Context

  • Exodus 10:15

    For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 10:16

    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

  • Exodus 10:17

    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.

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Exodus 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Faraón hizo llamar apriesa á Moisés y á Aarón, y dijo: He pecado contra Jehová vuestro Dios, y contra vosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le Pharaon se hâta d’appeler Moïse et Aaron, et dit: J’ai péché contre l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, et contre vous;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Pharao rief Mose und Aaron eilends und sprach: Ich habe gesündigt gegen Jehova, euren Gott, und gegen euch!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quam ob rem festinus Pharao vocavit Moysen et Aaron, et dixit eis: Peccavi in Dominum Deum vestrum, et in vos.