Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you,” he confessed.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, “I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.
- KJV Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
- BSB Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
- NKJV Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.
- NASB Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.
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Pharaoh hastily summons Moses and Aaron and confesses sin against Yahweh and them. His urgent confession is again driven by crisis.
Overview
The haste of Pharaoh's summons shows the desperation the plague has produced. His confession of sin echoes his earlier admission during the hail, yet proves equally shallow. Acknowledging sin against both God and his messengers, Pharaoh still seeks only relief. The pattern again contrasts pressure-driven remorse with true repentance.
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Cross-references · 10
- Exod 9:27Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Job 34:31–32“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
- 1 Sam 26:21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
- 1 Sam 15:30Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
- Matt 27:4saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
- Prov 28:13He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
- Num 21:7The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people.
- Num 22:34Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
- 2 Sam 19:20For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
- 1 Sam 15:24Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
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