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Bible in Basic English

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

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?

A Conservative Version

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

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 He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did not go against his word. 29 At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he sent death on all their fish.


Cross References

Psalm 99:7

His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them.

Exodus 10:21-23

And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.

Ezekiel 2:4-8

And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

Joel 2:2

For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

Joel 2:31

The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.

Luke 23:44-45

And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

2 Peter 2:17

These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

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