Exodus 10 · Verse 7

Exodus 10:7

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?
Exodus 10:7, King James Version

Exodus 10:7 in other translations

BSBPharaoh’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?”
WEBPharaoh’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?”
ASVAnd 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?
YLTAnd the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, ‘Until when doth this one become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?'
DARBYAnd 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?
BBEAnd Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?
WebsterAnd Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

What does Exodus 10:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 10:7-11
7-11. Pharaoh's servants said--Many of his courtiers must have suffered serious losses from the late visitations, and the prospect of such a calamity as that which was threatened and the magnitude of which former experience enabled them to realize, led them to make a strong remonstrance with the king. Finding himself not seconded by his counsellors in his continued resistance, he recalled Moses and Aaron, and having expressed his consent to their departure, inquired who were to go. The prompt and decisive reply, "all," neither man nor beast shall remain, raised a storm of indignant fury in the breast of the proud king. He would permit the grown-up men to go away; but no other terms would be listened to.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 How long shall this man be a snare unto us? - As there is no noun in the text, the pronoun זה zeh may either refer to the Israelites, to the plague by which they were then afflicted, or to Moses and Aaron, the instruments used by the Most High in their chastisement. The Vulgate translates, Usquequo patiemur hoc scandalum? "How long shall we suffer this scandal or reproach?" Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God - Much of the energy of several passages is lost in translating יהוה Yehovah by the term Lord. The Egyptians had their gods, and they supposed that the Hebrews had a god like unto their own; that this Jehovah required their services, and would continue to afflict Egypt till his people were permitted to worship him in his own way. Egypt is destroyed? - This last plague had nearly ruined the whole land.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 10:1-11

The plagues of Egypt show the sinfulness of sin. They warn the children of men not to strive with their Maker. Pharaoh had pretended to humble himself; but no account was made of it, for he was not sincere therein. The plague of locusts is threatened. This should be much worse than any of that kind which had ever been known. Pharaoh's attendants persuade him to come to terms with Moses. Hereupon Pharaoh will allow…

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Exodus 10:7 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.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩vai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
עַבְדֵ֨י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650
פַרְעֹ֜הfar.'OhPharaohH6547
אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto himH413
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
מָתַי֙ma.Taiwhen?H4970
יִהְיֶ֨הyih.Yehwill he becomeH1961
זֶ֥הzehthis [man]H2088
לָ֙נוּ֙la.nufor <the> us
לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁle.mo.Kesh<into> a snareH4170
שַׁלַּח֙sha.Lachlet goH7971
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔יםha.'a.na.Shimthe peopleH582
וְיַֽעַבְד֖וּve.ya.'av.Duso they may serveH5647
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430
הֲטֶ֣רֶםha.Te.rem¿ not yetH2962
תֵּדַ֔עte.Da'do you knowH3045
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
אָבְדָ֖ה'a.ve.Dahit will perishH6
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

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

Cross references for Exodus 10:7

  • 1 Samuel 18:21

    And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Exodus 23:33

    They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

  • Joshua 23:13

    Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

  • Jeremiah 48:4

    Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

  • 1 Corinthians 7:35

    And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

  • Psalms 107:34

    A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

  • Proverbs 29:6

    In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  • Zephaniah 1:18

    Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

  • Exodus 8:19

    Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

  • Isaiah 14:20

    Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

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How long.
3
snare.
23:33; Jos 23:13; 1Sa 18:21; Pr 29:6; Ec 7:26; 1Co 7:35
that Egypt.
Ps 107:34; Isa 14:20; 51:9; Jer 48:4; 51:8; Zep 1:18

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Context

  • Exodus 10:6

    And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

  • Exodus 10:7

    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?

  • Exodus 10:8

    And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?

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Exodus 10:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces los siervos de Faraón le dijeron: ¿Hasta cuándo nos ha de ser éste por lazo? Deja ir á estos hombres, para que sirvan á Jehová su Dios; ¿aun no sabes que Egipto está destruído?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les serviteurs du Pharaon lui dirent: Jusques à quand celui-ci sera-t-il pour nous un piège? Laisse aller ces hommes, et qu’ils servent l’ Éternel, leur Dieu. Ne sais-tu pas encore que l’Égypte est ruinée?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Knechte des Pharao sprachen zu ihm: Bis wann soll uns dieser zum Fallstrick sein? Laß die Leute ziehen, daß sie Jehova, ihrem Gott, dienen! Erkennst du noch nicht, daß Ägypten zu Grunde geht?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixerunt autem servi Pharaonis ad eum: Usquequo patiemur hoc scandalum? dimitte homines, ut sacrificent Domino Deo suo; nonne vides quod perierit Ægyptus?