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Exodus 10:22

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

KJV

Extenditque Moyses manum in cælum : et factæ sunt tenebræ horribiles in universa terra Ægypti tribus diebus.

Vulgate

ἐξέτεινεν δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ ἐγένετο σκότος γνόφος θύελλα ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου τρεῖς ἡμέρας·

LXX

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֥ט מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת יָד֖/וֹ עַל הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וַ/יְהִ֧י חֹֽשֶׁךְ אֲפֵלָ֛ה בְּ/כָל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲפֵלָ֔ה
'plh
noun · 10×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Typology

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 3:4 — Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
  • Ps 105:28 — He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
  • Rev 16:10 — And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,