Exodus 10

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

Exodus 10

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go in to Pharao: for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that these signs may come upon them; in orderΕἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, λέγων, εἴσελθε πρὸς Φαραὼ, ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐσκλήρυνα αὐτοῦ τὴν καρδίαν καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἑξῆς ἐπέλθῃ τὰ σημεῖα ταῦτα ἐπʼ αὐτούς·

2that you may relate in the ears of your children, and to your children's children, in how many things I have mocked the Egyptians, and my wonders which I wrought among them; and you shall know that I am the Lord.ὅπως διηγήσησθε εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῶν τέκνων ὑμῶν, καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις τῶν τέκνων ὑμῶν, ὅσα ἐμπέπαιχα τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις, καὶ τὰ σημεῖά μου, ἃ ἐποίησα ἐν αὐτοῖς· καὶ γνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος.

3And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long do you refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may serve me.Εἰσῆλθε δὲ Μωυσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ, καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Ἐβραίων, ἕως τίνος οὐ βούλει ἐντραπῆναί με; ἔξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα λατρεύσωσί μοι.

4But if you will not send my people away, behold, at this hour to-morrow I will bring an abundance of locusts upon all your coasts.Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃς σὺ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαόν μου, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ταύτην τὴν ὥραν αὔριον ἀκρίδα πολλὴν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ὅριά σου.

5And they shall cover the face of the earth, and you shall not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land.Καὶ καλύψει τὴν ὄψιν τῆς γῆς, καὶ οὐ δυνήσῃ κατιδεῖν τὴν γῆν· καὶ κατέδεται πᾶν τὸ περισσὸν τῆς γῆς τὸ καταλειφθὲν, ὃ κατέλιπεν ὑμῖν ἡ χάλαζα, καὶ κατέδεται πᾶν ξύλον τὸ φυόμενον ὑμῖν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

6And your houses shall be filled, and the houses of your servants, and all the houses in all the land of the Egyptians; things which your fathers have never seen, nor their forefathers, from the day that they were upon the earth until this day. And Moses turned away and departed from Pharao.Καὶ πλησθήσονταί σου αἱ οἰκίαι, καὶ αἱ οἰκίαι τῶν θεραπόντων σου, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ οἰκίαι ἐν πάσῃ γῇ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων· ἃ οὐδέποτε ἑωράκασιν οἱ πατέρες σου, οὐδʼ οἱ πρόπαπποι αὐτῶν, ἀφʼ ἧς ἡμέρας γεγόνασιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης· καὶ ἐκκλίνας Μωυσῆς ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ Φαραώ.

7And the servants of Pharao say to him, How long shall this be a snare to us? send away the men, that they may serve their God; will you know that Egypt is destroyed?Καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ θεράποντες Φαραὼ πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἕως τίνος ἔσται τοῦτο ἡμῖν σκῶλον; ἐξαπόστειλον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ὅπως λατρεύσωσι τῷ Θεῷ αὐτῶν· ἢ εἰδέναι βούλει ὅτι ἀπόλωλεν Αἴγυπτος;

8And they brought back both Moses and Aaron to Pharao; and he said to them, Go and serve the Lord your God; but who are they that are going with you?Καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν τόν τε Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν πρὸς Φαραὼ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, πορεύεσθε καὶ λατρεύσατε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν· τίνες δὲ καὶ τίνες εἰσιν οἱ πορευόμενοι;

9And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.Καὶ λέγει Μωυσῆς, σὺν τοῖς νεανίσκοις καὶ πρεσβυτέροις πορευσόμεθα, σὺν τοῖς υἱοῖς καὶ θυγατράσι, καὶ προβάτοις, καὶ βουσὶν ἡμῶν· ἔστι γὰρ ἑορτὴ Κυρίου.

10And he said to them, So let the Lord be with you: as I will send you away, must I send away you store also? see that * evil is attached to you.Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς, ἔστω οὕτω Κύριος μεθʼ ὑμῶν· καθότι ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς, μὴ καὶ τὴν ἀποσκευὴν ὑμῶν; ἴδετε ὅτι πονηρία πρόσκειται ὑμῖν.

11Not so, but let the men go and serve God, for this you yourselves seek; and they cast them out from the presence of Pharao.Μὴ οὕτως· πορευέσθωσαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες, καὶ λατρευσάτωσαν τῷ Θεῷ· τοῦτο γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἐκζητεῖτε· ἐξέβαλον δὲ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου Φαραώ.

12And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, and let the locust come up on the land, and it shall devour every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail left.Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ γῆν Αἰγύπτου· καὶ ἀναβήτω ἀκρὶς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατέδεται πᾶσαν βοτάνην τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάντα τὸν καρπὸν τῶν ξύλων, ὃν ὑπελίπετο ἡ χάλαζα.

13And Moses lifted up his rod towards heaven, and the Lord brought a south wind upon the earth, all that day and all that night: the morning dawned, and the south wind brought up the locusts,Καὶ ἐπῇρε Μωυσῆς τὴν ῥάβδον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ Κύριος ἐπήγαγεν ἄνεμον νότον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην, καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα· τὸ πρωῒ ἐγενήθη, καὶ ὁ ἄνεμος ὁ νότος ἀνέλαβεν τὴν ἀκρίδα,

14and brought them up over all the land of Egypt. And they rested in very great abundance over all the borders of Egypt. Before them there were not such locusts, neither after them shall there be.καὶ ἀνήγαγεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου· καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ὅρια Αἰγύπτου πολλὴ σφόδρα· προτέρα αὐτῆς οὐ γέγονε τοιαύτη ἀκρὶς, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα οὐκ ἔσται οὕτως.

15And they covered the face of the earth, and the land was wasted, and they devoured all the herbage of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which was left by the hail: there was no green thing left on the trees, nor on all the herbage of the field, in all the land of Egypt.Καὶ ἐκάλυψε τὴν ὄψιν τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐφθάρη ἡ γῆ· καὶ κατέφαγε πᾶσαν βοτάνην τῆς γῆς, καὶ πάντα τόν καρπὸν τῶν ξύλων, ὃς ὑπελείφθη ἀπὸ τῆς χαλάζης· οὐχ ὑπελείφθη χλωρὸν οὐδὲν ἐν τοῖς ξύλοις, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ βοτάνῃ τοῦ πεδίου, ἐν πάσηῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

16And Pharao hasted to call Moses and Aaron, saying, I have sinned before the Lord your God, and against you;Κατέσπευδε δὲ Φαραὼ καλέσαι Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν, λέγων, ἡμάρτηκα ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν, καὶ εἰς ὑμᾶς.

17† pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death.Προσδέξασθε οὖν μου τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἔτι νῦν, καὶ προσεύξασθε πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ὑμῶν, καὶ περιελέτω ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὸν θάνατον τοῦτον.

18And Moses went forth from Pharao, and prayed to God.Ἐξῆλθε δὲ Μωυσῆς ἀπὸ Φαραὼ, καὶ ηὔξατο πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.

19And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.Καὶ μετέβαλε Κύριος ἄνεμον ἀπὸ θαλάσσης σφοδρὸν, καὶ ἀνέλαβε τὴν ἀκρίδα, καὶ ἔβαλεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὴν ἐρυθρὰν θαλάσσαν· καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείφη ἀκρὶς μία ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου.

20And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he did not send away the children of Israel.Καὶ ἐσκλήρυνε Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξαπέστειλε τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ.

21And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt.Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ γενηθήτω σκότος ἐπὶ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ψηλαφητὸν σκότος.

22And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was ‡ darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days.Ἐξέτεινε δὲ Μωυσῆς τὴν χεῖρα εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ ἐγένετο σκότος γνόφος, θύελλα ἐπὶ πᾶσαν γῆν Αἰγύπτου τρεῖς ἡμέρας·

23And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.Καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν οὐδεὶς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τρεῖς ἡμέρας· καὶ οὐκ ἐξανέστη οὐδεὶς ἐκ τῆς κοίτης αὐτοῦ τρεῖς ἡμέρας· πᾶσι δὲ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ φῶς ἦν ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς κατεγίνοντο.

24And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go, serve the Lord your God, only § leave your sheep and your oxen, and let your store depart with you.Καὶ ἐκάλεσε Φαραὼ Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν, λέγων, Βαδίζετε, λατρεύσατε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν, πλὴν τῶν προβάτων καὶ τῶν βοῶν ὑπολείπεσθε· καὶ ἡ ἀποσκευὴ ὑμῶν ἀποτρεχέτω μεθʼ ὑμῶν.

25And Moses said, Nay, but you shall give to us whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, which we will sacrifice to the Lord our God.Καὶ εἶπε Μωυσῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ σὺ δώσεις ἡμῖν ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίας, ἂ ποιήσομεν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.

26And our cattle shall go with us, and we will not leave a hoof behind, for of them we will take to serve the Lord our God: but we know not in what manner we shall serve the Lord our God, until we arrive there.Καὶ τὰ κτήνη ἡμῶν πορεύσεται μεθʼ ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐχ ὑπολειψόμεθα ὁπλήν· ἀπʼ αὐτῶν γὰρ ληψόμεθα λατρεῦσαι Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν· ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λατρεύσομεν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖ.

27But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he would not let them go.Ἐσκλήρυνε δὲ Κύριος τὴν καρδίαν Φαραὼ, καὶ οὐκ ἐβουλήθη ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούς.

28And Pharao says, Depart from me, beware of seeing my face again, for in what day you shall appear before me, you shall die.Καὶ λέγει Φαραὼ, ἄπελθε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ ἔτι προσθεῖναι ἰδεῖν μου τὸ πρόσωπον· ᾗ δʼ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ὀφθῇς μοι, ἀποθανῇ.

29And Moses says, You have said, I will not appear in your presence again.Λέγει δὲ Μωυσῆς, εἴρηκας· οὐκ ἔτι ὀφθήσομαί σοι εἰς πρόσωπον.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 10*i.e. moral evil, but another reading is πρόκειται, which is nearer to the Hebrew.
• v. 17†Gr. accept or allow.
• v. 22‡Gr. darkness, blackness.
• v. 24§Gr. be left of.