| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may do these miraculous signs of Mine among them, | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them, |
| 2and so that you may tell your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am Yahweh." | 2and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.” |
| 3So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may worship Me. | 3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. |
| 4But if you refuse to let My people go, then tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. | 4But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. |
| 5They will cover the surface of the land so that no one will be able to see the land. They will eat the remainder left to you that escaped the hail; they will eat every tree you have growing in the fields. | 5They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. |
| 6They will fill your houses, all your officials' houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians--something your fathers and ancestors never saw since the time they occupied the land until today." Then he turned and left Pharaoh's presence. | 6They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence. |
| 7Pharaoh's officials asked him, "How long must this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Don't you realize yet that Egypt is devastated?" | 7Pharaoh’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?” |
| 8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "Go, worship Yahweh your God," Pharaoh said. "But exactly who will be going?" | 8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?” |
| 9Moses replied, "We will go with our young and our old; we will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds because we must hold Yahweh's festival." | 9“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.” |
| 10He said to them, "May Yahweh be with you if I ever let you and your families go! Look out--you are planning evil. | 10Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil. |
| 11No, only the men may go and worship Yahweh, for that is what you have been asking for." And they were driven from Pharaoh's presence. | 11No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence. |
| 12The LORD then said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt and the locusts will come up over it and eat every plant in the land, everything that the hail left." | 12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.” |
| 13So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD sent an east wind over the land all that day and through the night. By morning the east wind had brought in the locusts. | 13So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts. |
| 14The locusts went up over the entire land of Egypt and settled on the whole territory of Egypt. Never before had there been such a large number of locusts, and there never will be again. | 14The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be. |
| 15They covered the surface of the whole land so that the land was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on the trees or the plants in the field throughout the land of Egypt. | 15They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt. |
| 16Pharaoh urgently sent for Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God and against you. | 16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. |
| 17Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to Yahweh your God, so that He will take this death away from me." | 17Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.” |
| 18Moses left Pharaoh's presence and appealed to the LORD. | 18So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD. |
| 19Then the LORD changed the wind to a strong west wind, and it carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the territory of Egypt. | 19And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt. |
| 20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the Israelites go. | 20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go. |
| 21Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that can be felt." | 21Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.” |
| 22So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. | 22So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. |
| 23One person could not see another, and for three days they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived. | 23No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings. |
| 24Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship Yahweh. Even your families may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind." | 24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.” |
| 25Moses responded, "You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings to prepare for Yahweh our God. | 25But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God. |
| 26Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind because we will take some of them to worship Yahweh our God. We will not know what we will use to worship Yahweh until we get there." | 26Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.” |
| 27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was unwilling to let them go. | 27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go. |
| 28Pharaoh said to him, "Leave me! Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die."" | 28“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.” |
| 29As you have said," Moses replied, "I will never see your face again." | 29“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.” |
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