Exodus 10:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.”
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“So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness--thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 10:22 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:21And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
- Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Deuteronomy 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
- Job 5:14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
- Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
- Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
- Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
- Ezekiel 32:8All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
- Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
- Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
- Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
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