Exodus 9 · Verse 27

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.
Exodus 9:27, King James Version

Exodus 9:27 in other translations

BSBThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
WEBPharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
ASVAnd Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
YLTAnd Pharaoh sendeth, and calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith unto them, ‘I have sinned this time, Jehovah is the Righteous, and I and my people are the Wicked,
DARBYAnd Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is the righteous one, but I and my people are the wicked ones.
BBEThen Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners.
WebsterAnd Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

What does Exodus 9:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 9:27-35
27-35. Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned--This awful display of divine displeasure did seriously impress the mind of Pharaoh, and, under the weight of his convictions, he humbles himself to confess he has done wrong in opposing the divine will. At the same time he calls for Moses to intercede for cessation of the calamity. Moses accedes to his earnest wishes, and this most awful visitation ended. But his repentance proved a transient feeling, and his obduracy soon became as great as before.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked - The original is very emphatic: The Lord is The Righteous One, (הצדיק hatstaddik), and I and my people are The Sinners, (הרשעים hareshaim); i.e., He is alone righteous, and we alone are transgressors. Who could have imagined that after such an acknowledgment and confession, Pharaoh should have again hardened his heart?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 9:22-35

Woful havoc this hail made: it killed both men and cattle; the corn above ground was destroyed, and that only preserved which as yet was not come up. The land of Goshen was preserved. God causes rain or hail on one city and not on another, either in mercy or in judgment. Pharaoh humbled himself to Moses. No man could have spoken better: he owns himself wrong; he owns that the Lord is righteous; and God must be…

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Exodus 9:27 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.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
פַּרְעֹ֗הpar.'OhPharaohH6547
וַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121
לְמֹשֶׁ֣הle.mo.Sheh<to> MosesH4872
וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֔ןu.le.'a.ha.Ronand <to> AaronH175
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֲלֵהֶ֖ם'a.le.Hemto themH413
חָטָ֣אתִיcha.Ta.tiI have sinnedH2398
הַפָּ֑עַםha.Pa.'amthis timeH6471
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
הַצַּדִּ֔יקha.tza.Dik[is] the righteous [one]H6662
וַאֲנִ֥יva.'a.Niand IH589
וְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.Miand people myH5971
הָרְשָׁעִֽים\׃ha.re.sha.'Im[are] the guilty [ones]H7563

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Cross references for Exodus 9:27

  • 2 Chronicles 12:6

    Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.

  • 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.

  • Lamentations 1:18

    The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

  • Psalms 129:4

    The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

  • Psalms 145:17

    The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  • Daniel 9:14

    Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have.
10:16; Nu 22:34; 1Sa 15:24,30; 26:21; Mt 27:4
the Lord.
2Ch 12:6; Ps 9:16; 129:4; 145:17; La 1:18; Da 9:14; Ro 2:5; 3:19

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Context

  • Exodus 9:26

    Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Exodus 9:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Faraón envió á llamar á Moisés y á Aarón, y les dijo: He pecado esta vez: Jehová es justo, y yo y mi pueblo impíos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le Pharaon envoya, et appela Moïse et Aaron, et leur dit: J’ai péché cette fois; l’ Éternel est juste, et moi et mon peuple nous sommes méchants.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Pharao sandte hin und ließ Mose und Aaron rufen und sprach zu ihnen: Ich habe dieses Mal gesündigt. Jehova ist der Gerechte, ich aber und mein Volk sind die Schuldigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Misitque Pharao, et vocavit Moysen et Aaron, dicens ad eos: Peccavi etiam nunc: Dominus justus; ego et populus meus, impii.