So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may worship me.
Exodus 10:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But if you refuse to let my people go, then tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country. American Standard Version (1901) Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border: Common English Bible Otherwise, if you refuse to let my people go, I’m going to bring locusts into your country tomorrow. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you resist, and you are unwilling to release them, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your borders. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou resist, and wilt not let them go: Behold I will bring in tomorrow the locust into thy coasts: |
So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may worship me.
They will cover the surface of the land so that no one will be able to see the land. They will eat the remainder left to you that escaped the hail; they will eat every tree you have growing in the fields.
I told you: Let my son go so that he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. Look, I am about to kill your firstborn son! ’
Later, Moses and Aaron went in and said to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival for me in the wilderness.’
‘Tomorrow,’ he answered. Moses replied, ‘As you have said, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God,
I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’
Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
And the Lord set a time, saying, ‘Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.’
I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust ate, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust – my great army that I sent against you.
‘You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it.
Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.