And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness--thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus