Exodus 8:30
in Exodus 8Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.
KJV
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.
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This verse in Exodus 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again
on Exodus 8:29-30
Moses names the pattern to the king's face before it repeats, having watched the same promise made at verse 8 and withdrawn at verse 15. He then goes out and prays for him anyway, as he did at verse 12. The chapter records no answer from Pharaoh to the charge.
This site's exposition
Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed
Moses keeps his word from verse 29 and prays as soon as he leaves Pharaoh. He had just warned the king against acting deceitfully again, and he still intercedes for him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord. He did as he promised he would, and prayed to the Lord to remove the flies from Pharaoh and his people.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Pharaoh called for Moses, . . . Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land, &c.--Between impatient anxiety to be freed from this scourge and a reluctance on the part of the Hebrew bondsmen, the king followed the course of expediency; he proposed to let them free to engage in their religious rites within any part of the kingdom.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֥א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| מֵעִ֣ם | meim | from with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| פַּרְעֹ֑ה | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר | vaiye'tar | and he prayed | H6279 → | 20 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיֵּצֵ֥אand he went out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
מֵעִ֣םfrom with
meimH5973 →1050 times
פַּרְעֹ֑הPharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
וַיֶּעְתַּ֖רand he prayed
vaiye'tarH6279 →20 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.