Exodus 10 · Verse 17

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.
Exodus 10:17, King James Version

Exodus 10:17 in other translations

BSBNow please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
WEBNow therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to the LORD your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
ASVNow therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
YLTand now, bear with, I pray you, my sin, only this time, and make ye supplication to Jehovah your God, that He turn aside from off me only this death.'
DARBYAnd now, forgive, I pray you, my sin only this time, and intreat Jehovah your God that he may take away from me this death only!
BBELet me now have forgiveness for my sin this time only, and make prayer to the Lord your God that he will take away from me this death only.
WebsterNow therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death only.

What does Exodus 10:17 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Forgive, 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 10:17 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.

וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
שָׂ֣אsa'forgiveH5375
נָ֤אna'pleaseH4994
חַטָּאתִי֙cha.ta.Tisin myH2403
אַ֣ךְ'akhonlyH389
הַפַּ֔עַםha.Pa.'amthis timeH6471
וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּve.ha'.Ti.ruand prayH6279
לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
וְיָסֵר֙ve.ya.Serso may he removeH5493
מֵֽעָלַ֔יme.'a.Laifrom on <the> meH5921
רַ֖קrakonlyH7535
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמָּ֥וֶתha.Ma.vetthe deathH4194
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 10:17

  • Exodus 8:8

    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat 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 do sacrifice unto the Lord.

  • Exodus 9:28

    Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

  • 1 Kings 13:6

    And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:10

    Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  • Acts 8:24

    Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

  • 2 Kings 4:40

    So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

  • 1 Samuel 15:25

    Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord.

  • Isaiah 26:16

    Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

  • Romans 15:30

    Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
forgive.
1Sa 15:25
and intreat.
8:8; 9:28; 1Ki 13:6; Isa 26:16; Ro 15:30; Ac 8:24
this death.
2Ki 4:40; 2Co 1:10

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Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 10:18

    And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

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Exodus 10:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas ruego ahora que perdones mi pecado solamente esta vez, y que oréis á Jehová vuestro Dios que quite de mí solamente esta muerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et maintenant, pardonne, je te prie, mon péché seulement pour cette fois; et suppliez l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, afin seulement qu’il retire de dessus moi cette mort-ci.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und nun vergib doch meine Sünde nur dieses Mal, und flehet zu Jehova, eurem Gott, daß er nur diesen Tod von mir wegnehme!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sed nunc dimittite peccatum mihi etiam hac vice, et rogate Dominum Deum vestrum, ut auferat a me mortem istam.