Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
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Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
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Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
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Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.'
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Exodus 10:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh.”
- Exodus 9:28 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
- 1 Kings 13:6 The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again.” The man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.
- 1 Samuel 15:25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.”
- 2 Kings 4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the stew, they cried out, and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
- Isaiah 26:16 Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
- Acts 8:24 Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
- Romans 15:30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my…
Exo 10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Ver. 17. Now therefore forgive.] Moses must forgive his sin: God is not in all his thoughts. David cries, Peccavi; Pharaoh, Perii: David, "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned"; Pharaoh cries to Moses to pardon his sin. Man may forgive the trespass, but God only the transgression.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I desire no further favour, I will no more…
I desire no further favour, I will no more offend nor need your pardon.
This death; this deadly plague, compare 2Ki 4:40; 2Co 11:23. Besides it did destroy the life of herbs and trees, yea, of beasts and men, either directly, or at least by consequence, in depriving them of the necessary supports of life.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin, only…
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin, only this once,.... Pretending that he would never offend any more, and if he did, he did not desire it should be forgiven him, but that due punishment should be inflicted on him. These words are directed to Moses, he being the principal person that came to him with a commission from the Lord, and who was made a god to Pharaoh; and therefore he does not ask forgiveness of the Lord, but of Moses:
and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only; this deadly plague of the locusts, which devouring all the fruits of the earth, must in course produce a famine, and that the death of men. Moreover, the author of the book of Wisdom says, that the bites of the locusts killed men,"For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life: for they were worthy to be punished by such.'' (Wisdom 16:9)Pharaoh was sensible that this plague came from God, and that he only could remove it; and therefore begs the prayers of Moses and Aaron to him for the removal of it, and suggests that he would never desire such another favour; but that if he offended again, and another plague was inflicted on him, he could not desire it to be taken away; by which he would be understood, that he determined to offend no more, or give them any occasion for any other judgment to come upon him, was he once clear of this.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Pharaoh desires their prayers that this death only might…
Pharaoh desires their prayers that this death only might be taken away, not this sin: he deprecates the plague of locusts, not the plague of a hard heart.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 17. Forgive, I pray thee, my sin only…
Verse 17. Forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once] What a strange case! And what a series of softening and hardening, of sinning and repenting! Had he not now another opportunity of returning to God? But the love of gain, and the gratification of his own self-will and obstinacy, finally prevailed.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 10:17. Pharaoh desires their prayers that this death…
Exo 10:17. Pharaoh desires their prayers that this death only might be taken away, not this sin: he deprecates the plague of locusts, not the plague of a hard heart.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain This death only - Pliny calls locusts a pestilence…
This death only - Pliny calls locusts a pestilence brought on by divine wrath. Pharaoh now recognizes the justice of his servants’ apprehensions, Exo 10:7.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Also. Hebrew, "only," and I will amend. --- Death,…
Also. Hebrew, "only," and I will amend. --- Death, or plague. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. only this once] Gen_18:32.
17. only this once] Gen_18:32.
this death only] only this terribly destructive pest. The term ‘death’ depicts vividly the consternation which the Pharaoh feels at it.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) This death.—Comp, Exo_10:7. The entire destruction of the…
(17) This death.—Comp, Exo_10:7. The entire destruction of the harvest threatened death to large numbers of the poorer class of persons.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Only this once. Compare Gen_18:32. Pharaoh kept this promise.…
Only this once. Compare Gen_18:32. Pharaoh kept this promise. He did not ask any more for the removal of a plague. This death onlyi.e. "this fatal visitation this visitation, which, by producing famine, causes numerous deaths in a nation. Pharaoh feels now, as his courtiers had felt when the plague was first threatened, that "Egypt is destroyed" (ver. 7).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:17 Forgive my sin: Pharaoh’s recognition grew deeper; he…
10:17 Forgive my sin: Pharaoh’s recognition grew deeper; he admitted that his pride and refusal to keep his word were sins, and he recognized that sin cannot be ignored but must be forgiven. Unfortunately, his correct theological understanding did not in itself change his heart.
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