Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
- BSB Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
- NKJV Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”
- NASB So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”
- NLT “Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the Lord your God to take away this death from me.”
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Quick answer
Pharaoh begs forgiveness 'again' and asks Moses to pray for the removal of this 'death.' His repeated plea reveals a habit of false repentance.
Overview
The word 'again' exposes the cyclical, insincere nature of Pharaoh's confessions. He calls the locust plague 'this death,' admitting its deadly threat to Egypt's survival. Yet he seeks deliverance from consequences rather than from his rebellion against God. It is a vivid picture of seeking relief without genuine turning to the Lord.
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- Exod 8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
- Exod 9:28Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
- 1 Kgs 13:6And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
- Acts 8:24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
- 1 Sam 15:25Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
- Isa 26:16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
- 2 Kgs 4:40So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
- Rom 15:30Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
- 2 Cor 1:10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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