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Exodus 10:7

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? They compared Moses to a trap, or snare, for catching animals and birds, and themselves to his victims. Let the men go that they may serve the Lord, their God. Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? The blind obstinacy of Pharaoh was plunging the entire nation into destruction. Their advice was evidently that the king should grant the request and dismiss the Israelites.

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See also Exodus 10:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 10:7. _HOW LONG SHALL THIS MAN BE A SNARE UNTO US?_] As there is no noun in the text, the pronoun זה _zeh_ may either refer to the Israelites, to the plague by which they were then affli...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    For the first time the officers of Pharaoh intervene before the scourge is inflicted, showing at once their belief in the threat, and their special terror of the infliction. Also, for the first time,...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 10 THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES _ 1. The eighth plague: locusts (Exodus 10:1)_ 2. Pharaoh's renewed confession and refusal (Exodus 10:16) 3. The ninth plague: darkness (Exodus 10:21) 4. Ph...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    8°. A LOCUST SWARM (Exodus 10:1 J; Exodus 10:12 a, Egypt, E; Exodus 10:13 b J; Exodus 10:14 a E;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THIS MAN. Hebrew this one. No word for man here in Hebrew text....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Pharaoh's ministers suggest to him that Moses should no longer be permitted to ruin Egypt. He accordingly makes an attempt to come to terms with Moses; but when Moses declares that the whole peopl...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The _eighth_plague. The locusts. From J, with short passages from E....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (J). The sequel, and once, probably, the immediate sequel, to Exodus 10:28-29 (J): see the note there....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a snare_ fig. for an occasion of destruction. See 1 Samuel 18:21; and cf. on ch. Exodus 23:33 Lit. a _fowling-instrument_; and probably, in fact, not a -snare" (i.e. a noose; Germ. _Schnur_, a -strin...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HOW LONG SHALL THIS MAN BE A SNARE UNTO US— _This thing,_ LXX. Houbigant renders it, _How long shall_ these things _be a snare to us?_ There is no noun in the text, only the pronoun זה _zeh,_ which ma...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    The Text of EXODUS TRANSLATION 10 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Go in unto Pha-raoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servant, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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?_ Pharaoh's ser...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES 1-20. The Eighth Plague:—Locusts....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 10 *PLAGUE NUMBER 8: *LOCUSTS – VERSES 1-20 MOSES WARNS *PHARAOH AGAI...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LET THE MEN GO. — Though the heart of Pharaoh remained hard, the plagues had a certain effect on the minds of the Egyptians. First, the magicians were impressed, and said, “This is the finger of God”...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמְרוּ֩ עַבְדֵ֨י פַרְעֹ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו עַד ־

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER X. _ THE EIGHTH PLAGUE._ Exodus 10:1. The Lord would not command His servant again to enter the dangerous presence of the sullen prince, without a reason which would sustain his faith: "For...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PHARAOH STILL REFUSES TO SUBMIT Exodus 10:1 Pharaoh was capable of being a noble and glorious soul, through which God might have shown forth all His power and glory, Exodus 9:16. But he refused, and...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    It would seem at this point that Moses himself was overawed by the fearful process of judgment and so before the next plague God announced to His servant a new reason for the whole movement. It was in...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Scandal, or source of repeated misery; whether they meant their own resistance to God's orders, or Moses, with the Hebrew nation. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    2 Kings 5:13...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him. _We have seen, a little above, that they were obstinate in common with their king; nor can it be doubted that by their servile flattery they had blinded him mo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND PHARAOH'S SERVANTS SAID TO HIM,.... His courtiers and counsellors, such of them as were not so hardened as others, or however now began to relent, and dreaded what would be the consequence of thin...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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? Ver. 7. And Pha...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Pharaoh's servants_ His nobles and counsellors; _said, How long shall this man be a snare unto us?_ That is, lay before us the occasion of our falling into one calamity after another. To the impenite...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 God threatneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moued by his seruants, inclineth to let the Israelites goe. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkenesse. 24 P...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    H. THE LOCUSTS Exodus 10:1-20 1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I might shew [may do] these my signs before him [in t...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    PLAGUE NO.8 -- LOCUSTS (vs.1-20) Again the Lord reminds Moses that He Himself had hardened Pharaoh's heart and the hearts of his servants in order that He might publicly show His signs before them,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 The plagues of Egypt show the sinfulness of sin. They warn the children of men not to strive with their Maker. Pharaoh had pretended to humble himself; but no account was made of it, for he was...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    How long shall this man be a snare; an occasion of sin and destruction? See EXODUS 23:33 JOSHUA 23:13....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 10:7 Pharaohs H6547 servants H5650 said H559 (H8799) snare H4170 men H582 go H7971 (H8761) serve...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EIGHTH PLAGUE - THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS (EXODUS 10:1). We note in this passage a distinct change of tone. No longer does Yahweh commence with the opening, ‘let My people go' (compare Exodus 8:1; Exo...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 10:1. _And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: and that thou mayest tell in...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Plagues of locusts and darkness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: God's terms of reconcilliation are fixed and cannot be disputed or lowered. Men must meet the demand of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 10:2. _In the ears of thy son._ The Hebrew prophets in their sermons, and the psalmists in their songs, have recorded those wonderful works of the Lord; and the doctrines and inferences fairly...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?_ LESSONS 1. Threatening from God may touch hearts of servants and not of rulers. 2. God useth king’s own servants to move them, when His ministers can...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 10:7 Like the magicians in Exodus 8:19, some of PHARAOH’S SERVANTS recognize what the plagues signify and boldly suggest to Pharaoh that he is not acting in h

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 10:4. Locusts] _’Arbch_ (ארכה): prob., the _gryllus gregarius_—Ges., Dav., Fü.; G. & D. understanding the word to mean “swarmers,”—F., “browsers.” EXODUS 10:8. BUT WHO ARE THE...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE EIGHTH PLAGUE. Notwithstanding his self-condemnation and acknowledgment of the righteousness of God in all the judgments that had been sent upon him (Exodus 9:27), Pharaoh no sooner fou...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    how long Exodus 10:3 snare Exodus 23:33 Joshua 23:13 1 Samuel 18:21 Prove

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