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The Ninth Plague: Darkness

Exodus 10:23

In 11 translations

BSB
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
KJV
They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
WEB
They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
ASV
they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
LSV
they have not seen one another, and none has risen from his place [for] three days; but there has been light for all the sons of Israel in their dwellings.
YLT
they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.'
DBY
they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
DRC
No man saw his brother, nor moved himself out of the place where he was: but wheresoever the children of Israel dwelt there was light.
GNV
No man saw an other, neither rose vp from ye place where he was for three dayes: but all the children of Israel had light where they dwelt.
JPS
they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
LXXE
And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לֹֽא־רָא֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אָחִ֗יו וְלֹא־קָ֛מוּ אִ֥ישׁ מִתַּחְתָּ֖יו שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וּֽלְכָל־בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָ֥יָה א֖וֹר בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν οὐδεὶς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τρεῖς ἡμέρας· καὶ οὐκ ἐξανέστη οὐδεὶς ἐκ τῆς κοίτης αὐτοῦ τρεῖς ἡμέρας· πᾶσι δὲ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ φῶς ἦν ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς κατεγίνοντο.

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👤 Jacob (Israel)◆ Exodus from Egypt

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 8:22But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
  • 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not…
  • Exodus 9:4But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
  • Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
  • Joshua 24:7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness…
  • Isaiah 65:13–14Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. My servants will shout…
  • Exodus 9:26The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
  • Colossians 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
  • Isaiah 60:1–3Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear…
  • Exodus 14:20so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

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