“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses said, “You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.”
- KJV And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
- NKJV So Moses said, “You have spoken well. I will never see your face again.”
- NASB Moses said, “You have spoken correctly; I shall never see your face again!”
- NLT “Very well,” Moses replied. “I will never see your face again.”
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Quick answer
Moses agrees he will not see Pharaoh's face again. The dialogue closes as judgment becomes inevitable.
Overview
Moses accepts the rupture, signaling that the time for pleading is over. His words mark the transition to the climactic plague of the firstborn. The end of negotiation underscores that Pharaoh's persistent refusal has run its course. What follows will be God's final, decisive act of redemption and judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Heb 11:27By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
- Exod 12:30–31During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
- Exod 11:4–8So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
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