Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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.

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 performed His miraculous signs among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark—
for did they not defy His commands?
29 He turned their water into blood
and caused their fish to die.


Cross References

Psalm 99:7

He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;
they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

Exodus 10:21-23

Then 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.”

Ezekiel 2:4-8

The children are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and dense overcast,
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people appears,
such as never existed in ages past
and never will again
in all the generations to come.

Joel 2:31

The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the great and awe-inspiring Day of the Lord comes.

Luke 23:44-45

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three,

2 Peter 2:4

For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but threw them down into Tartarus and delivered them to be kept in chains of darkness until judgment;

2 Peter 2:17

These people are springs without water, mists driven by a whirlwind. The gloom of darkness has been reserved for them.

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