He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.
Parallel translations
- WEB He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
- KJV He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
- NKJV He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His word.
- NASB He sent darkness and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His words.
- NLT The Lord blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.
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Quick answer
God sent darkness over the land, and His messengers obeyed His word. It matters because the plague of darkness showed His command over creation.
Overview
This recalls the ninth plague, three days of thick darkness (Exodus 10:21-23). The phrase 'they didn't rebel against his words' most naturally describes Moses and Aaron faithfully carrying out God's command. The darkness over Egypt, while Israel had light, displayed God's power to judge and to distinguish His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 99:7He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
- 2 Pet 2:17These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
- Luke 23:44–45It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- 2 Pet 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Ezek 2:4–8They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
- Exod 10:21–23Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
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