Exodus 10:21

¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be felt.

And the LORD {H3068} said {H559} unto Moses {H4872}, Stretch out {H5186} thine hand {H3027} toward heaven {H8064}, that there may be darkness {H2822} over the land {H776} of Egypt {H4714}, even darkness {H2822} which may be felt {H4959}.

ADONAI said to Moshe, "Reach out your hand toward the sky, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, darkness so thick it can be felt!"

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Peter 2:17 (4 votes)

    These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

  • 2 Peter 2:4 (4 votes)

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

  • Jude 1:6 (4 votes)

    And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

  • Revelation 16:10 (4 votes)

    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,

  • Revelation 16:11 (4 votes)

    And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

  • Luke 23:44 (4 votes)

    ¶ And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

  • Psalms 105:28 (3 votes)

    He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.