Exodus 10:22
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
Exodus 10:22 in other translations
| BSB | So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. |
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| WEB | Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. |
| ASV | And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; |
| YLT | And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness--thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; |
| DARBY | And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days: |
| BBE | And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days; |
| Webster | And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: |
What does Exodus 10:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:21-23
Ex 10:21-29. Plague of Darkness. 21-23. Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness--Whatever secondary means were employed in producing it, whether thick clammy fogs and vapors, according to some; a sandstorm, or the chamsin, according to others; it was such that it could be almost perceived by the organs of touch, and so protracted as to continue for three days, which the chamsin does…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 10:21-29
The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt was a dreadful plague. It was darkness which might be felt, so thick were the fogs. It astonished and terrified. It continued three days; six nights in one; so long the most lightsome palaces were dungeons. Now Pharaoh had time to consider, if he would have improved it. Spiritual darkness is spiritual bondage; while Satan blinds men's eyes that they see not, he binds their…
Exodus 10:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 10:22
- Psalms 105:28
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
- Revelation 16:10
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
- Deuteronomy 4:11
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
- Amos 4:13
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.
- Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
- Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
- Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
- Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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- Exodus 10:21
And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
- Exodus 10:22
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
- Exodus 10:23
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Exodus 10:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y extendió Moisés su mano hacia el cielo, y hubo densas tinieblas tres días por toda la tierra de Egipto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse étendit sa main vers les cieux: et il y eut d’épaisses ténèbres dans tout le pays d’Égypte, trois jours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose streckte seine Hand aus gen Himmel; da entstand im ganzen Lande Ägypten eine dichte Finsternis drei Tage lang. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Extenditque Moyses manum in cælum: et factæ sunt tenebræ horribiles in universa terra Ægypti tribus diebus. |