Exodus 10:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹן֮ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָֽעִבְרִ֔ים עַד־מָתַ֣י מֵאַ֔נְתָּ לֵעָנֹ֖ת מִפָּנָ֑י שַׁלַּ֥ח עַמִּ֖י וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃

Transliteration

wa-yābōʾ mōšeh wə-ʾahărōn ʾel-parʿōh wa-yōʾmərû ʾēlāyw kōh-ʾāmar YHWH ʾĕlōhê hā-ʿibrîm ʿad-mātay mēʾantā lēʿānōt mi-pānāy šallaḥ ʿammî wə-yaʿabdûnî

Grammar Details

• *wa-yābōʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and came
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *wə-ʾahărōn*: conjunction + proper noun - and Aaron
• *ʾel-parʿōh*: preposition + proper noun - to Pharaoh
• *wa-yōʾmərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
• *ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
• *kōh-ʾāmar*: adverb + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - thus says
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun masculine plural construct - God of
• *hā-ʿibrîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the Hebrews
• *ʿad-mātay*: preposition + interrogative - until when/how long
• *mēʾantā*: Piel perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have refused
• *lēʿānōt*: preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - to be humbled
• *mi-pānāy*: preposition + noun common plural with 1st person singular suffix - from my face/presence
• *šallaḥ*: Piel imperative masculine singular - send away/let go
• *ʿammî*: noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my people
• *wə-yaʿabdûnî*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - that they may serve me

Word Meanings

• *mēʾantā*: refused/declined/rejected
• *lēʿānōt*: to be humbled/to humble yourself/to submit
• *mi-pānāy*: from my face/before me/from my presence

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to 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, so that they may worship me.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} went in{H935} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} and said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of the Hebrews,{H5680} How long{H4970} wilt thou refuse{H3985} to humble{H6031} thyself before{H6440} me? let my people{H5971} go,{H7971} that they may serve{H5647} me.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} came in{H935}{(H8799)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of the Hebrews{H5680}, How long{H4970} wilt thou refuse{H3985}{(H8765)} to humble{H6031}{(H8736)} thyself before{H6440} me? let my people{H5971} go{H7971}{(H8761)}, that they may serve{H5647}{(H8799)} me.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Than Moses ad Aaron went in vnto Pharao and sayde vnto him: thus sayth the Lorde God of the Hebrues: how longe shall it be, or thou wilt submyt thy selfe vnto me? Let my people goo that they maye serue me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So Moses & Aaron wente in vnto Pharao, & spake vnto him: Thus sayeth ye LORDE God of the Hebrues: How longe refusest thou to submyt thy self vnto me, to let my people go, yt they maye serue me?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then came Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and they said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Ebrewes, Howe long wilt thou refuse to humble thy selfe before me? Let my people goe, that they may serue me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so Moyses and Aaron came vnto Pharao, and said vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lord God of the Hebrues: How long wilt thou refuse to submit thy selfe vnto me? Let my people go, that they may serue me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him,“This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said:‘How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 21:29 : 29 Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
• 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place and against the inhabitants of it, and humbled yourself before me, and tore your clothes, and wept before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention;
• Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Jer 13:10 : 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the imagination of their heart, and follow other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, will be like this belt, which is good for nothing.
• Jer 13:18 : 18 Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• Ezek 5:6 : 6 And she has changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries around her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
• 2 Chr 7:14 : 14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 Also his prayer, how God was entreated of him, all his sin and trespass, and the places where he built high places and set up groves and carved images, before he humbled himself, are written among the sayings of the seers.
• Exod 9:17 : 17 As yet you exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go?
• Exod 16:28 : 28 And the LORD said to Moses, How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
• Num 14:27 : 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmurs against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
• 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.