Exodus 10:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 10:10

8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Who are the ones that are going?”

9 And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for ^awe must hold a feast to the Lord.”

10 Then he said to them, “The Lord had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you.

11 Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven ^aout from Pharaoh’s presence.

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, ^a“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and ^beat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.”

13 So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14 And ^athe locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; ^bpreviously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them.

15 For they ^acovered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ^bate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 10:10

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American Standard Version
And he said unto them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

Amplified® Bible
Pharaoh said to them, Let the Lord be with you, if I ever let you go with your little ones! See, you have some evil purpose in mind.

Contemporary English Version
The king replied, "The LORD had better watch over you on the day I let you leave with your families! You're up to no good.

Darby English Version
And he said to them, Let Jehovah be so with you, as I let you go, and your little ones: see that evil is before you!

Good News Bible
The king said, "I swear by the LORD that I will never let you take your women and children! It is clear that you are plotting to revolt.

King James Version
And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

New American Standard Bible
Then he said to them, "Thus may the LORD be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is in your mind.

New International Version
Pharaoh said, "The LORD be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.

New King James Version
Then he said to them, “The LORD had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then he said to them, "Thus may the LORD remain with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil resides in your mind.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "The LORD be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto them, `Be it so, Jehovah `be' with you when I send you and your infants away; see -- for evil `is' before your faces;

New English Translation
He said to them, “The Lord will need to be with you¹ if I release you and your dependents!² Watch out!³ Trouble is right in front of you!⁴

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