Exodus 10:4

Exodus 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
• New International Version (NIV)If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.

Context of Exodus 10:4

2and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.” 3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. 5They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. 6They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

Exodus 10:4 word by word

כִּ֛י אִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ אֶת־עַמִּ֑י הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֥יא מָחָ֛ר אַרְבֶּ֖ה בִּגְבֻלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Butכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• if[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• youאַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
• refuseמָאֵןmâ'ên · refusingH3986
• to let My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• to let My peopleהֵןhên · look!H2005
• goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• locustsאַרְבֶּה'arbeh · locustH697
• into your territoryגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
• tomorrowמָחָרmâchâr · tomorrowH4279

Cross-references for Exodus 10:4

• Exodus 8:10“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
• Exodus 9:5The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”
• Exodus 11:4So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
• Proverbs 30:27the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
• Joel 1:4What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
• 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.
• Revelation 9:3And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Commentaries on Exodus 10:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4To-morrow will I bring the locusts - The word ארבה arbeh, a locust, is probably from the root רבה rabah, he multiplied, became great, mighty, etc.; because of the immense swarms of these animals by which different countries, especially the east, are infested. The locust, in entomology, belongs to a genus of insects known among naturalists by the term Grylli; and includes three species, crickets, grasshoppers, and those commonly called locusts; and as they…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The locusts - The locust is less common in Egypt than in many eastern countries, yet it is well known, and dreaded as the most terrible of scourges. They come generally from the western deserts, but sometimes from the east and the southeast. No less than nine names are given to the locust in the Bible, of which the word used here is the most common (ארבה 'arbeh ); it signifies “multitudinous,” and whenever it occurs reference is made to its terrible…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4These locusts were a type of grasshopper that migrates. They swarmed from desert areas and could destroy large land areas by eating all the plants.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. to-morrow will I bring the locusts--Moses was commissioned to renew the request, so often made and denied, with an assurance that an unfavorable answer would be followed on the morrow by an invasion of locusts. This species of insect resembles a large, spotted, red and black, double-winged grasshopper, about three inches or less in length, with the two hind legs working like hinged springs of immense strength and elasticity. Perhaps no more terrible…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 10:4

• Animals
• Locust
• Plague

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Exodus 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings