Exodus 10:17
New International Version
Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”

New Living Translation
“Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the LORD your God to take away this death from me.”

English Standard Version
Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me.”

Berean Standard Bible
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

King James Bible
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

New King James Version
Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”

New American Standard Bible
So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

NASB 1995
“Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and make supplication to the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

NASB 1977
“Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and make supplication to the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, please forgive my sin only this once and entreat Yahweh your God, that He would only cause this death to depart from me.”

Amplified Bible
Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once [more], and pray and entreat the LORD your God, so that He will remove this [plague of] death from me.”

Christian Standard Bible
Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to the LORD your God, so that he will just take this death away from me.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to Yahweh your God, so that He will take this death away from me.”

American Standard Version
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Contemporary English Version
Forgive me one more time and ask the LORD to stop these insects from killing every living plant."

English Revised Version
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Please forgive my sin one more time. Pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me."

Good News Translation
Now forgive my sin this one time and pray to the LORD your God to take away this fatal punishment from me."

International Standard Version
Now, please forgive my sin only this time, and pray to the LORD your God that he would at least remove this from me."

Majority Standard Bible
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.?

NET Bible
So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the LORD your God that he would only take this death away from me."

New Heart English Bible
Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to the LORD your God, that he may also take away from me this death."

Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death only.

World English Bible
Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and now, please bear with my sin, only this time, and make supplication to your God YHWH, that He may turn aside from off me only this death.”

Young's Literal Translation
and now, bear with, I pray you, my sin, only this time, and make ye supplication to Jehovah your God, that He turn aside from off me only this death.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And at this time take away now my sin, only this time, and pray ye to Jehovah your God, and he will remove from me only this death.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But now forgive me my sin this time also, and pray to the Lord your God, that he take away from me this death.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But now, release me from my sin even this time, and petition the Lord your God, so that he may take this death away from me.”

New American Bible
But now, do forgive me my sin only this once, and pray to the LORD, your God, only to take this death from me.”

New Revised Standard Version
Do forgive my sin just this once, and pray to the LORD your God that at the least he remove this deadly thing from me.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Now therefore, forgive me my fault this time also, and pray before the LORD your God that he may re move from me this death.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Also now forgive my injury this time and pray before LORD JEHOVAH your God and he will remove from me this death.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Eighth Plague: Locusts
16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. 17Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.” 18So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.…

Cross References
Exodus 9:28
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

Exodus 8:8
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

Exodus 8:28
Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

Exodus 9:34
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

Exodus 12:31-32
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

1 Samuel 15:24-25
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. / Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”

1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. / And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

Psalm 78:34-35
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. / And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

Psalm 106:44-45
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. / And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Jeremiah 37:3
Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

Jeremiah 42:2
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

Matthew 27:4
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

Luke 23:41
We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

Acts 8:24
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”


Treasury of Scripture

Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

forgive

1 Samuel 15:25
Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

and intreat

Exodus 8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

Exodus 9:28
Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

1 Kings 13:6
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

this death

2 Kings 4:40
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

2 Corinthians 1:10
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

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Exodus 10
1. God threatens to send locusts
7. Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go
12. The plague of the locusts
16. Pharaoh entreats Moses
21. The plague of darkness
24. Pharaoh again entreats Moses, but yet is hardened














Now forgive my sin once more
This phrase reveals Pharaoh's acknowledgment of wrongdoing, albeit superficially. The Hebrew word for "forgive" is "nasa," which means to lift, carry, or take away. In the context of the Old Testament, forgiveness is often associated with the removal of guilt and the restoration of a right relationship with God. Pharaoh's request for forgiveness "once more" indicates a pattern of insincere repentance, as he had previously asked for forgiveness but failed to change his ways. This highlights the human tendency to seek relief from consequences without genuine transformation of heart.

and plead with the LORD your God
The word "plead" in Hebrew is "athar," which means to entreat or intercede. Pharaoh is asking Moses to intercede on his behalf, recognizing Moses' unique relationship with God. The phrase "the LORD your God" underscores Pharaoh's acknowledgment of the God of Israel as distinct and powerful, yet he does not claim Him as his own. This reflects a common biblical theme where individuals recognize God's power but fail to submit to His authority personally. It also emphasizes the role of a mediator, foreshadowing the ultimate mediation of Christ in the New Testament.

to remove this death from me
The term "death" here refers to the devastating plague of locusts that had consumed the land, threatening Egypt's survival. In Hebrew, "maveth" can mean both physical death and a state of ruin or destruction. Pharaoh's plea to have this "death" removed highlights the severity of the plagues and their impact on Egypt. Historically, locust plagues were catastrophic, leading to famine and economic collapse. Spiritually, this request symbolizes the human desire to escape the consequences of sin without addressing the root cause. It serves as a reminder of the need for true repentance and reliance on God's mercy for deliverance from spiritual death.

(17) This death.--Comp, Exodus 10:7. The entire destruction of the harvest threatened death to large numbers of the poorer class of persons.

Verse 17. - Only this once. Compare Genesis 18:32. Pharaoh kept this promise. He did not ask any more for the removal of a plague. This death only - i.e. "this fatal visitation" - this visitation, which, by producing famine, causes numerous deaths in a nation. Pharaoh feels now, as his courtiers had felt when the plague was first threatened, that "Egypt is destroyed" (ver. 7).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

please
נָ֤א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

forgive
שָׂ֣א (śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

my sin
חַטָּאתִי֙ (ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender

once more
אַ֣ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

and appeal
וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּ (wə·ha‘·tî·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6279: To burn incense in worship, intercede

to the LORD
לַיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God,
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

so that He will remove
וְיָסֵר֙ (wə·yā·sêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

this
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

death
הַמָּ֥וֶת (ham·mā·weṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

from me.”
מֵֽעָלַ֔י (mê·‘ā·lay)
Preposition-m | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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