Exodus 10:16

ESV Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

NIV Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

NASB Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, 'I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

CSB Pharaoh urgently sent for Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

NLT Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. 'I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you,' he confessed.

KJV Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

NKJV Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

What does Exodus 10:16 mean?

Egypt's hard-headed Pharaoh (Exodus 5:2; 7:13–14, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:7, 35) only admits his sin twice. The first was regarding the plague of hail (Exodus 9:27). Here, faced with an epic swarm of locusts (Exodus 10:3–5), he admits guilt again. When Moses and Aaron first arrived, they had left no time for argument (Exodus 10:3–6). Pharaoh called them back to negotiate, only to order them out once again (Exodus 10:7–11). Now he brings them back in a panic.

This is the last time Pharaoh will take blame for anything. As with every confession or compromise in the past, this one is insincere. He only cares about stopping the damage. Once it is gone, he will resort back to his defiant hold on the Hebrew slaves (Exodus 1:11–14). All but one of these acts of stubbornness were his own choice (Exodus 9:12). After his dishonesty following the plague of hail (Exodus 9:34–35), he has lost the opportunity to truly repent (Exodus 4:21; 10:1–2). His life is now a living example of God's judgment on disobedience and sin.

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