Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

He sent darkness, and made it dark. And they rebelled against his words.

New American Standard Bible

He sent darkness and made it dark;
And they did not rebel against His words.

King James Version

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Holman Bible

He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy His commands?

International Standard Version

He sent darkness, and it became dark. Did they not rebel against his words?

American Standard Version

He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

Amplified


He sent [thick, oppressive] darkness and made the land dark;
And Moses and Aaron did not rebel against His words.

Bible in Basic English

He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word.

Darby Translation

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Julia Smith Translation

He sent darkness, and he will darken; and they embittered not his words.

King James 2000

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He sent darkness and made [it] dark, and they did not rebel against his words.

Modern King James verseion

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they did not rebel against His Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He sent darkness, and it was dark; for they were not obedient unto his word.

NET Bible

He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders.

New Heart English Bible

He sent darkness, and made it dark. They did not rebel against his words.

The Emphasized Bible

He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;

Webster

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

World English Bible

He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.

Youngs Literal Translation

He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He sent
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

and made it dark
חשׁך 
Chashak 
Usage: 17

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Work On Behalf Of Israel

27 They set among them his signs and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark. And they rebelled against his words. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

Cross References

Psalm 99:7

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

Exodus 10:21-23

And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

Ezekiel 2:4-8

And the sons are impudent and stiff hearted. I send thee to them, and thou shall say to them, Thus says lord LORD.

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spreads upon the mountains, a great people and a strong, there has not ever been the like, nor shall be any more after them, even to the years of man

Joel 2:31

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and {wonderful (LXX/NT)} day of LORD comes.

Luke 23:44-45

And it was about the sixth hour, and darkness occurred over the whole land until the ninth hour.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare heavenly agents who sinned, but delivered them up to chains of darkness, having been cast into hell being reserved for judgment,

2 Peter 2:17

These men are waterless wells, and clouds driven by a fierce wind, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.

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