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The LORD <i>is</i> righteous, and my people and I <i>are</i> wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, &#8220I have sinned this time; the LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time; Yahweh is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “The LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the guilty ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. &#8220I have sinned this time,&#8221 he said to them. &#8220Yahweh is the Righteous One, and I and my people are the guilty ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, "Now I have really sinned! My people and I are guilty, and the LORD is right. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. "This time I have sinned," he told them. "The LORD is right, and my people and I are wrong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The king sent for Moses and Aaron and said, "This time I have sinned; the LORD is in the right, and my people and I are in the wrong. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Pharaoh sent word and called for Moses and Aaron. "I've sinned this time," he told them. "The LORD is righteous, but I and my people are wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. ?This time I have sinned,? he said. ?The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, "I have sinned this time! The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Pharaoh sends, and calls for Moses and for Aaron, and says to them, “I have sinned this time—YHWH [is] the righteous, and I and my people [are] the wicked,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Pharaoh sendeth, and calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith unto them, 'I have sinned this time, Jehovah is the Righteous, and I and my people are the Wicked,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Pharaoh will send and call for Moses and for Aaron, and will say to them, I sinned this time: Jehovah is just, and I and my people unjust.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, saying to them: I have sinned this time also; the Lord is just: I and my people are wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron, saying to them: “I have sinned even until now. The Lord is just. I and my people are impious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time! The LORD is the just one, and I and my people are the ones at fault.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “This time I have sinned; the LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Pharaoh sent and he called Moshe and Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time. LORD JEHOVAH is righteous and I and my people are wicked.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them: 'I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord <i>is</i> righteous, and I and my people are wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/9-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2192" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/9.htm">The Seventh Plague: Hail</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: par·‘ōh (N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Then Pharaoh</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·yiš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">summoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: lə·mō·šeh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ū·lə·’a·hă·rōn (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">and Aaron.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: hap·pā·‘am (Art:: N-fs) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively.">“This time</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">I have sinned,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">he said.</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">“The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662: haṣ·ṣad·dîq (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Just, righteous. From tsadaq; just.">is righteous,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">and I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·‘am·mî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and my people</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: hā·rə·šā·‘îm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">are wicked.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Exodus 10:16-17</a></span><br />Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. / Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-32</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm">1 Samuel 15:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/22-34.htm">Numbers 22:34</a></span><br />“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27-29</a></span><br />When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly. / Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: / “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/12-6.htm">2 Chronicles 12:6-7</a></span><br />So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.” / When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Psalm 78:34-35</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13</a></span><br />Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Jonah 3:6-10</a></span><br />When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. / Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. / Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-4.htm">Matthew 27:4</a></span><br />“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-19</a></span><br />I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-24.htm">Acts 8:24</a></span><br />Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-29.htm">Acts 16:29-30</a></span><br />Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. / Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-10</a></span><br />that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-10.htm">2 Corinthians 7:10</a></span><br />Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.</p><p class="hdg">I have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Exodus 10:16</a></b></br> Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/22-34.htm">Numbers 22:34</a></b></br> And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm">1 Samuel 15:24,30</a></b></br> And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice… </p><p class="hdg">the Lord</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/12-6.htm">2 Chronicles 12:6</a></b></br> Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD <i>is</i> righteous.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-16.htm">Psalm 9:16</a></b></br> The LORD is known <i>by</i> the judgment <i>which</i> he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/129-4.htm">Psalm 129:4</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-12.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/6-27.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/exodus/9-20.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/8-26.htm">Right</a> <a href="/genesis/38-26.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/exodus/8-25.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/exodus/9-24.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/genesis/44-5.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/exodus/5-16.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/10-3.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/exodus/9-29.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/10-8.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/exodus/9-33.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/exodus/10-29.htm">Right</a> <a href="/exodus/23-7.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/exodus/10-17.htm">Time</a> <a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/exodus/23-1.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-1.htm">The plague on livestock</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">The plague of boils</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-13.htm">The message of Moses about the hail,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-22.htm">The plague of hail</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/9-27.htm">Pharaoh pleads with Moses, but yet is hardened</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron.</b><br>Pharaoh's summoning of Moses and Aaron indicates a moment of desperation. This is during the seventh plague, hail, which devastated Egypt. Pharaoh's action reflects a temporary acknowledgment of the power of the God of Israel. Historically, Egyptian rulers were seen as divine or semi-divine, making this act of summoning foreign leaders significant. It shows a crack in Pharaoh's perceived invincibility and divine status.<p><b>“This time I have sinned,” he said.</b><br>Pharaoh's admission of sin is notable, as it is rare for a ruler of his stature to confess wrongdoing. In the context of the plagues, this statement marks a moment of apparent repentance. However, it is important to note that Pharaoh's heart is described as hardened throughout the narrative, suggesting that this confession may be insincere or temporary. This phrase can be compared to other instances in scripture where leaders acknowledge sin but do not fully repent, such as King Saul in <a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm">1 Samuel 15:24</a>.<p><b>“The LORD is righteous,</b><br>Pharaoh's acknowledgment of the LORD's righteousness contrasts with his own actions and those of his people. The term "righteous" in the biblical context refers to God's just and moral nature. This statement aligns with the broader biblical theme of God's justice and righteousness, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/145-17.htm">Psalm 145:17</a>. It highlights the moral and ethical standards that God upholds, which Pharaoh and the Egyptians have violated.<p><b>and I and my people are wicked.”</b><br>Here, Pharaoh admits to the wickedness of both himself and his people. This collective acknowledgment of sin underscores the corporate nature of sin in the biblical narrative, where leaders and their nations are often seen as intertwined in their moral standing. The term "wicked" denotes a departure from God's laws and standards. This phrase can be connected to the broader biblical theme of repentance and the need for turning away from sin, as seen in the calls for national repentance in books like Jonah and Joel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, who is experiencing the plagues sent by God as a result of his refusal to let the Israelites go.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader chosen by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>Moses' brother and spokesperson, who assists Moses in confronting Pharaoh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who is demonstrating His power and righteousness through the plagues.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved and where the plagues are occurring.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledgment_vs._repentance.htm">Acknowledgment vs. Repentance</a></b><br>Pharaoh's admission of sin is a step, but true repentance requires a change of heart and action. We must examine if our confessions lead to transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteousness.htm">God's Righteousness</a></b><br>The LORD's righteousness is constant and unchanging. Our understanding of His character should lead us to trust and obey Him more fully.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_sin.htm">The Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Recognizing our sinfulness is crucial, but it should drive us to seek God's mercy and grace, not just acknowledge our faults.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Hardness of Heart</a></b><br>Pharaoh's repeated refusals despite acknowledging sin highlight the danger of a hardened heart. We must guard against becoming desensitized to God's voice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>As leaders, acknowledging wrongdoing is important, but leading others towards righteousness requires genuine repentance and change.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_snakes.htm">What is the biblical perspective on snakes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_32_align_with_aaron's_role.htm">How does the portrayal of Aaron's role in Exodus 32 align with other biblical depictions of him, and does it reveal inconsistencies across different texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_proof_did_moses_give_to_israelites.htm">Exodus 6:7-9: If the Israelites still doubt Moses, what empirical proof did he provide to convince them then or later?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_ten_plagues_in_the_bible.htm">What were the Ten Plagues of Egypt in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Pharaoh sent.</span>--It is evident that the Pharaoh was more impressed by this plague than by any preceding one. This may have been partly because it caused destruction of human life, partly on account of its extraordinary and awful character. It must be borne in mind that the storm was still continuing, and gave no sign of coming to a natural end (<a href="/exodus/9-29.htm" title="And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know how that the earth is the LORD's.">Exodus 9:29</a>; <a href="/exodus/9-33.htm" title="And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.">Exodus 9:33</a>).<p><span class= "bld">I have sinned this time</span>--i.e., This time I confess that I have sinned in resisting Jehovah; I do not any more maintain that I have acted right.<p><span class= "bld">The Lord is righteous.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">Jehovah is the Just One</span>--a form of speech implying that Jehovah, <span class= "ital">and He alone,</span> was just.<p><span class= "bld">Wicked.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">the sinners.</span> "I and my people" stand in contrast with God and His people. Previously Pharaoh had denounced the Israelites as idlers and hypocrites (<a href="/exodus/5-8.htm" title="And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay on them; you shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.">Exodus 5:8</a>; <a href="/exodus/5-17.htm" title="But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD.">Exodus 5:17</a>); now he admits that it is only he and his people that are to blame. The confession is satisfactory, except in so far as it divides between Pharaoh and the Egyptians the blame which was almost wholly his. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 27-35.</span> - The plague of hail impressed the Pharaoh more than any previous one. It was the first which had inflicted death on men. It was a most striking and terrible manifestation. It was quite unlike anything which the Egyptians had ever experienced before (vers. 18, 24). It was, by manifest miracle, made to fall on the Egyptians only (ver. 26). Pharaoh was therefore more humbled than ever previously. He acknowledged that he "had sinned" (ver. 27); he added a confession that "Jehovah [alone] was righteous, he and his people wicked" (<span class="accented">ibid.</span>). And, as twice before, he expressed his willingness to let the Israelites take their departure if the plague were removed (ver. 28). The ultimate results, however, were not any better than before. No sooner had Moses prayed to God, and procured the cessation of the plague, than the king repented of his repentance, "hardened his heart;" and, once more casting his promise to the winds, refused to permit the Israelites to depart (vers. 33-35). His people joined him in this act of obduracy (ver. 34), perhaps thinking that they had now suffered the worst that could befall them. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Pharaoh sent</span>. Compare <a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Exodus 8:8</a>, and 25-28. Pharaoh had been driven to entreat only twice before. <span class="cmt_word">I have sinned this time</span>. The meaning is, "I acknowledge this time that I have sinned" (Kaliseh, Cook). <span class="accented">"I</span> do not any longer maintain that my conduct has been right." The confession is made for the first time, and seems to have been extorted by the terrible nature of the plague, which, instead of passing off, like most storms, continued. <span class="cmt_word">The Lord is righteous</span>, etc. Literally, "Jehovah is <span class="accented">the</span> Just One; and I and my people are <span class="accented">the</span> sinners." The confession seems, at first sight, ample and satisfactory; but there is perhaps some shifting of sin, that was all his own, upon the Egyptian "<span class="accented">people</span>," which indicates disingenuousness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/9-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Pharaoh</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּרְעֹ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(par·‘ōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings</span><br /><br /><span class="word">summoned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמֹשֶׁ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Aaron.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“This time</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּ֑עַם</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pā·‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm">Strong's 6471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have sinned,”</span><br /><span class="heb">חָטָ֣אתִי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ṭā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he said.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֥אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] righteous,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצַּדִּ֔יק</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣad·dîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6662.htm">Strong's 6662: </a> </span><span class="str2">Just, righteous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and my people</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַמִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[are] wicked.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרְשָׁעִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/9-27.htm">Exodus 9:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/9-27.htm">OT Law: Exodus 9:27 Pharaoh sent and called for Moses (Exo. 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