Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived. New Living Translation During all that time the people could not see each other, and no one moved. But there was light as usual where the people of Israel lived. English Standard Version They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived. Berean Standard Bible No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings. King James Bible They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. New King James Version They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. New American Standard Bible They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. NASB 1995 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. NASB 1977 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. Legacy Standard Bible They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their places of habitation. Amplified Bible The Egyptians could not see one another, nor did anyone leave his place for three days, but all the Israelites had [supernatural] light in their dwellings. Christian Standard Bible One person could not see another, and for three days they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived. Holman Christian Standard Bible One person could not see another, and for three days they did not move from where they were. Yet all the Israelites had light where they lived. American Standard Version they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. Aramaic Bible in Plain English No man saw his brother, and no man arose from his place for three days, and for all the children of Israel there was light among their dwellings. Brenton Septuagint Translation And 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. Contemporary English Version During that time, the Egyptians could not see each other or leave their homes, but there was light where the Israelites lived. Douay-Rheims Bible No man saw his brother, nor moved himself out of the place where he was: but wheresoever the children of Israel dwelt there was light. English Revised Version they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. GOD'S WORD® Translation People couldn't see each other, and no one went anywhere for three days. But all the Israelites had light where they were living. Good News Translation The Egyptians could not see each other, and no one left his house during that time. But the Israelites had light where they were living. International Standard Version No one could see anyone else, nor could anyone get up from his place for three days. But there was light for all the Israelis in their dwellings. JPS Tanakh 1917 they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. Literal Standard Version they have not seen one another, and none has risen from his place [for] three days; but there has been light for all the sons of Israel in their dwellings. Majority Standard Bible No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings. New American Bible People could not see one another, nor could they get up from where they were, for three days. But all the Israelites had light where they lived. NET Bible No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived. New Revised Standard Version People could not see one another, and for three days they could not move from where they were; but all the Israelites had light where they lived. New Heart English Bible They did not see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. Webster's Bible Translation They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. World English Bible They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. Young's Literal Translation they have not seen one another, and none hath risen from his place three days; and to all the sons of Israel there hath been light in their dwellings.' Additional Translations ... Context The Ninth Plague: Darkness…22So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. 23No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings. 24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”… Cross References Exodus 8:22 But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land. Amos 4:7 "I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. Treasury of Scripture They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. but all Exodus 8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. Exodus 9:4,26 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel… Exodus 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. Jump to Previous Able Children Dwellings Dwelt Israel Israelites Light Places Rise Rose ThreeJump to Next Able Children Dwellings Dwelt Israel Israelites Light Places Rise Rose ThreeExodus 10 1. God threatens to send locusts7. 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 (23) They saw not one another.--Heb., man did not see his brother. The darkness was absolute, equal to that of the darkest night. Neither rose any from his place.--Comp. Exodus 16:29. No one quitted his house. Mr. Millington imagines that they all sat "glued to their seats" (Plagues of Egypt, p. 159), but this savours of over-literalism. It is not necessary to suppose that they had no artificial light, or that they ceased to move from chamber to chamber. What the writer intends to note is that all business and all intercourse with neighbours was suspended. No one quitted the house in which he was when the darkness began. All the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.--The visitation, whatever it was, did not extend to the land of Goshen. (Comp. Exodus 8:22-24; Exodus 9:4-7; Exodus 9:26.) Verse 23. - They saw not one another. Or, "Man did not see his brother." The descriptive phrases previously used are poetic, and might imply many different degrees of obscurity. This seems distinctly to shew that pitch darkness is meant. Such absolute obscurity is far beyond anything which the khamsin produces, even when it is most severe, and indicates the miraculous character of the visitation. Neither rose any from his place for three days. It is not meant that no one moved about his house, but that no one quitted it. (Compare Exodus 16:29, where the phrase used is similar.) No one went out into the unnatural darkness out of doors, which he dreaded. All stayed at home, and did what they had to do by the artificial light of lamps or torches. All the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. It is not explained how this was effected. Some suppose that the sand-storm did not extend to the land of Goshen. But in that case, such Egyptians as lived among the Israelites - their neighbours. (Exodus 11:2) - would have shared the benefit, which seems not to have been the case. I should rather suppose that the storm was general, and that the Israelites were supplied with a light, not that of the sun, by miracle.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Noלֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no one אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person could see רָא֞וּ (rā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7200: To see each other, אָחִ֗יו (’ā·ḥîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) and for three שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice days יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day no one וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no left קָ֛מוּ (qā·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand his place. מִתַּחְתָּ֖יו (mit·taḥ·tāw) Preposition-m | third person masculine singular Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of Yet all וּֽלְכָל־ (ū·lə·ḵāl-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Israelites בְּנֵ֧י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son had הָ֥יָה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be light א֖וֹר (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary in their dwellings. בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָֽם׃ (bə·mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4186: A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers Links Exodus 10:23 NIVExodus 10:23 NLT Exodus 10:23 ESV Exodus 10:23 NASB Exodus 10:23 KJV Exodus 10:23 BibleApps.com Exodus 10:23 Biblia Paralela Exodus 10:23 Chinese Bible Exodus 10:23 French Bible Exodus 10:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 10:23 They didn't see one another neither did (Exo. 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