Exodus 10:7 “Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to u…”

Exodus 10:7

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

World English Bible

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

American Standard Version

And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Pharaohs seruants saide vnto him, How long shall he be an offence vnto vs? let the men go, that they may serue the Lord their God: wilt thou first knowe that Egypt is destroyed?

Darby Translation

And Pharaoh's bondmen said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: dost thou not yet know that Egypt is ruined?

Young's Literal Translation

And the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, 'Until when doth this [one] become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?'

Bible in Basic English

And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

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Cross references

“snare”

1 Samuel 18:21 Exodus 23:33 Joshua 23:13 Ecclesiastes 7:26 Proverbs 29:6 1 Corinthians 7:35

1 Samuel 18:21 · BSB

“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

Exodus 23:33 · BSB

They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Joshua 23:13 · BSB

know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this go…

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Proverbs 29:6 · BSB

An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

1 Corinthians 7:35 · BSB

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

“that Egypt”

Psalm 107:34 Isaiah 14:20 Isaiah 51:9 Jeremiah 48:4 Jeremiah 51:8 Zephaniah 1:18

Psalm 107:34 · BSB

and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

Isaiah 14:20 · BSB

You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Jeremiah 48:4 · BSB

Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.

Jeremiah 51:8 · BSB

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

Zephaniah 1:18 · BSB

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on th…

Also

Exodus 8:19

Exodus 8:19 · BSB

“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

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